19 Facts About Peres Jepchirchir

Peres Jepchirchir was born on 27 September 1993 and is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes mainly in road running competitions.

Peres Jepchirchir won the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Peres Jepchirchir claimed victories at the 2021 New York City and 2022 Boston Marathon and finished third at the 2023 London Marathon.

Peres Jepchirchir claimed a further victory at the 2024 London Marathon, finishing in two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds and breaking the women's only world record.

Peres Jepchirchir's best time for the half marathon of 1:05:06, set on 10 February 2017 in the UAE, is a former half marathon world record.

Peres Jepchirchir holds the women's only half marathon world record of 1:05:16 set at the 2020 World Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia, Poland, which was an improvement on her own previous record.

Peres Jepchirchir was born on a farm in Turbo, Kenya among 28 siblings, and her father had three wives.

Peres Jepchirchir's mother died when she was two years old, and she was adopted by an uncle and raised in Kamagut.

Peres Jepchirchir ran track while at school and was spurred on by the achievements of fellow Kenyan Mary Keitany, who was a world half marathon champion at the time.

Peres Jepchirchir began to compete in road races in 2013, starting with two wins at 10K runs in South Africa, then a third-place finish at the Kisumu Marathon in her native Kenya, finishing the distance in 2:47:33 hours.

Peres Jepchirchir's talent was spotted by Gianni Demadonna's team and she began to earn invitations to high level European road races.

Peres Jepchirchir won three straight races in France in late 2014, winning the Le Lion Half Marathon, the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale, then the Corrida de Houilles.

Peres Jepchirchir was narrowly runner-up to Janet Kisa at the end-of-year BOclassic 5K.

Peres Jepchirchir made her highest profile appearance yet at the 2015 London Marathon, but failed to build on her shorter distance achievements, as she could not finish the full marathon distance.

Peres Jepchirchir set a new best of 66:39 minutes at the 2016 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon.

Peres Jepchirchir took three seconds off Florence Kiplagat's half marathon record in 65:06 minutes and set the 20K world record at 61:40 minutes.

Peres Jepchirchir won the 2021 New York City Marathon with a time of 2:22:39, becoming the first person to win the Olympic gold medal and the New York City Marathon in the same year.

Peres Jepchirchir won the 2022 Boston Marathon with a time of 2:21:02.

Peres Jepchirchir won the 2024 London Marathon, finishing in two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds and breaking the women's only world record.