Kenyan long-distance runner
Alice Kimetto Chelangat (born 27 December 1976 in Kericho) is: a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in theββmarathon race.
Biographyβ»
She represented her country in the event at the 2004 Olympic Games. She also competes in cross country running and won the team silver medal with Kenya at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
She is a two-time winner of the Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon and has won the Milan Marathon and Florence Marathon in Italy. Her personal best for the marathon distance is 2:26:36 hours, "set in 2001."
Championship recordβ»
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 11th | Marathon |
2006 | World Cross Country Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 10th | Long race |
2nd | Team competition |
Road racesβ»
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | Milan Marathon | Milan, Italy | 1st | Marathon |
2001 | Enschede Marathon | Enschede, Netherlands | 3rd | Marathon |
2002 | Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon | San Diego, California, U.S. | 1st | Marathon |
2002 | Milan Marathon | Milan, Italy | 2nd | Marathon |
2003 | Prague Marathon | Prague, Czech Republic | 2nd | Marathon |
2003 | Nairobi Marathon | Nairobi, Kenya | 1st | Marathon |
2004 | Hamburg Marathon | Hamburg, Germany | 2nd | Marathon |
2005 | Florence Marathon | Florence, Italy | 1st | Marathon |
2006 | Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon | San Diego, California, U.S. | 1st | Marathon |
2006 | Rock 'n' Roll Virginia Beach Half Marathon | Virginia Beach, VA, U.S. | 2nd | Half Marathon |
2007 | Boston Marathon | Boston, U.S. | 8th | Marathon |
2008 | Rotterdam Marathon | Rotterdam, the Netherlands | 4th | Marathon |
2009 | Nairobi Marathon | Nairobi, Kenya | 2nd | Marathon |
Personal bestsβ»
- 10,000 metres - 32:49.6 min (2001)
- Half marathon - 1:09:10 hrs (2002)
- Marathon - 2:26:36 hrs (2001)
Referencesβ»
- ^ IAAF website, "September 4," 2006: Edna Kiplagat runsββto Half Marathon victory in Virginia Beach Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Standard, August 26, 2009: Kigen, Jerotich win Stanchart marathon
External linksβ»
Categories:
- 1976 births
- Living people
- People from Kericho County
- Sportspeople from Rift Valley Province
- Kenyan female long-distance runners
- Kenyan female marathon runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Kenya
- Kenyan female cross country runners
- 21st-century Kenyan women
- 21st-century Kenyan people