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Irine Jepchumba Kimais (born 10 October 1998) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.

Career

Running for the Kenyan Defence Force, she ran 32:23.11 to qualify for the 2019 African Games in the 10,000m in Rabat in August 2019. In March 2022, she won the half marathon in Rome, running 1:06:03, the fastest half marathon ever ran on Italian soil by a woman. In August 2022, she won the Buenos Aires half marathon.

In February 2023, she set a new half marathon personal best, running 1:04:37 in Barcelona to set a new course record. She then won the half marathon in Prague in April 2023, running 1:06:00. She also set a new 10km personal best, when she ran 30:23 in Herzogenaurach, Germany in April 2023.

In June 2023 she won the Kenyan national title over 10,000 metres in Nairobi. She was subsequently selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

References

1. "Irine Jepchumba Kimais". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
2. "Kimais picks 10,000m ticket to African Games". standardmedia.co.ke. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
3. "Sawe and Kimais complete Kenyan double in Rome". Michezoafrika.com. March 6, 2022.
4. "South American Half Marathon Championships 2022 results". August 23, 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
5. Matheka, Lynette (20 February 2023). "Kimais, Langat complete Kenyan double in Barcelona".
6. "Kenyans Roncer Kipkorir and Irine Jepchumba Kimais dominate in Prague". My Best Runs. 1 April 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
7. "Sawe storms a 26.49 10km to write new record in Germany". The-Star.coke. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
8. "Kipyegon shines at Kenya's World Championships Trials". World Athletics. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
9. "Women's 10,000m Start list: Sifan Hassan and Letesenbet Gidey battle for world title". World-Track. August 19, 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.

• Living people
• 1998 births
• Kenyan female long-distance runners
• 21st-century Kenyan sportswomen