Edna Kiplagat
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Full name | Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 15 November 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Employer | Puma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat (born 15 November 1979) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. She was the 2011 and 2013 World Champion in the marathon.[1] She established herself as an elite marathon runner with wins at the Los Angeles and New York City Marathons in 2010. Her personal best for the distance is 2:19:50 hours, set at the London Marathon in 2012. At age 37, Kiplagat won the 2017 Boston Marathon in a time of 2:21:52 hours, and won the marathon silver medal at the IAAF World Championships in London.[2] At age 39, she was second at the 2019 Boston Marathon and fourth in the event at the following World Championships. At age 41, she won the 2021 Boston Marathon, becoming the oldest-ever winner of a World Marathon Major (male or female).
Career
At the 3000 metres distance, Kiplagat won a silver medal at the 1996 World Junior Championships and a bronze medal at the 1998 World Junior Championships.
She finished thirteenth in the long race at the
2010
Kiplagat finished second behind
Kiplagat won the
2011
She ran a career best of 1:09:00 at the
2012
She began 2012 on grass and came third at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships.[11] This was her preparation for the 2012 London Marathon, where she was the last runner to challenge eventual winner Mary Keitany and ended the race as runner-up in a personal best of 2:19:50 hours.[12] Kiplagat was selected for the Kenyan Olympic team as a result.[13] She was a comfortable winner of the New York Mini 10K in June.[14] At the 2012 London Olympics she failed to repeat her success in the British capital and managed only twentieth place in the Olympic marathon with a time of 2:27:52 hours. Six weeks later she ran at the Great North Run and had a better performance, setting a personal best of 1:07:41 hours while finishing runner-up to Tirunesh Dibaba.[15]
2013
Kiplagat finished runner-up in the London Marathon for the second consecutive year, on this occasion behind Priscah Jeptoo.[16]
Later in 2013 she became the first woman to retain the marathon world title when she earned the first gold medal on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships, taking victory ahead of Valeria Straneo and Kayoko Fukushi in a time of 2:25:44 hours.[17]
2014
After finishing on the podium in each of the previous three editions, Kiplagat finally claimed victory at the London Marathon ahead of (unrelated) compatriot Florence Kiplagat in a time of 2:20:21 hours.[18]
Kiplagat ended 2014 with a 2:36:24 finish (13th place) at the 2014 New York City Marathon.[19]
2015
Kiplagat returned to the 2015 London Marathon with a time of 2:27:16 hours (11th place). She finished in fifth place at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing with a time of 2:28:15 hours.[19]
2016
2016 saw Kiplagat return to the Top 3 of major races with significantly faster finishing times than just one year prior. She finished in 2:22:36 hours for 3rd place at the 2016 Tokyo Marathon, and in 2:23:28 hours for 2nd place at the 2016 Chicago Marathon.[19]
2017
At age 37, Kiplagat won the 2017 Boston Marathon in a time of 2:21:52 hours.[2][20]
This victory was her debut Boston Marathon after over a decade of exceptional running. "I have done almost everything in our sport, but it was one of my dreams to run Boston, the world's oldest marathon," says Kiplagat. "And it will also mean I have run five of the six Abbott World Marathon Majors in addition to both the Olympic Games and World Championships."[19]
In August, Kiplagat participated in the 2017 World Championships in Athletics held in London. She won the silver medal in the women's marathon in a time of 2:27:18. She was preceded by Rose Chelimo.[21][22]
2021
Kiplagat competed in the
Achievements
World Marathon Majors results
World Marathon Majors | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Tokyo Marathon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3rd | - | - | - | - | p | - | - | - |
Boston Marathon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1st | 9th | 2nd | x | 1st | 4th | 10th | 3rd |
London Marathon | - | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 10th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Berlin Marathon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | - | x | - | - | - | - |
Chicago Marathon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2nd | - | - | - | x | - | - | - | - |
New York City Marathon | 1st | - | - | 9th | 12th | - | - | 4th | - | - | x | - | 4th | 7th | - |
Personal life
Kiplagat hails from
"I am one of the role models in my town and country," says Kiplagat. "I have mentored girls in school and I have empowered women to form community associations. I also support less fortunate kids to pay their school fees."[19]
Kiplagat and her husband have five children – two of her own, two adopted from her sister who died of breast cancer in 2003, and one adopted from a neighbor who died in childbirth in 2013. Her children Wendy and Carlos were at the finish line and award ceremony for her victory in the 121st annual Boston Marathon.[25] They live in Longmont Colorado. She started the Edna Kiplagat Foundation to raise awareness of breast cancer.[26] Kiplagat also volunteers to create awareness for garbage management toward keeping a clean environment.[19]
References
- ^ IAAF. Archived from the originalon 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ a b "2017 Boston Marathon Top Finishers". Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ Edna Kiplagat at World Athletics
- ^ "Edna Kiplagat runs to Half Marathon victory in Virginia Beach". IAAF. 4 September 2006. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012.
- ^ Pardham, Ed (6 June 2010). "Chebet beats the heat to set course record in Albany 5K". IAAF. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ "Course record for Chepkurui in Cape Elizabeth 10K". IAAF. 8 August 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ "Gebremariam and Yimer the winners in Falmouth". IAAF. 16 August 2010. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ "Farah triumphs in Half Marathon debut in New York". IAAF. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ Brown, Matthew (17 April 2011). "Mutai and Keitany dominate and dazzle in London". IAAF. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ van Hemert, Wim (4 December 2011). "Langat and Afework the big winners in 's Heerenberg". IAAF. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ Mutuota, Mutwiri (18 February 2012). "Karoki and Chepkirui steal the headlines in Nairobi". IAAF. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ Brown, Matthew (22 April 2012). "Kipsang and Keitany claim London titles for Kenya". IAAF. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ Mutuota, Mutwiri (25 April 2012). "Kenya announces London Olympic Marathon squad". IAAF. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ "Kiplagat Owns Central Park at 40th Anniversary women's 10K". IAAF. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ Wenig, Jorg (16 September 2012). "Dibaba and Kipsang take Great North Run victories – REPORT". IAAF. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ Brown, Matthew (21 April 2013). "Kebede and Jeptoo shine in the London sun". IAAF. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ^ "Kiplagat becomes the first woman to retain marathon title". Hindustan Times. Moscow. AFP. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ Burns, John F. (13 April 2014). A Letdown in London for a British Olympic Champion. The New York Times. Retrieved on 29 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "Edna Kiplagat - 2017 Boston Marathon Media Guide". Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ Pepin, Matt (17 April 2017). "Edna Kiplagat cruises to victory at Boston Marathon". Boston Globe. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ "World Championships 2017: Callum Hawkins fourth as Geoffrey Kirui wins marathon". bbc.com. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ "Diana Kipyokei banned for six years and stripped of 2021 Boston Marathon title". The Guardian. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ "Diana Kipyokei banned six years, stripped of Boston Marathon title". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. 20 December 2022.
- ^ "Two of Edna Kiplagat's kids stole the show at the Boston Marathon finish line". Boston Globe. 17 April 2017.
- ^ "Edna Kiplagat pips compatriot and namesake to win London Marathon". The Guardian. 13 April 2014.