Joan Jepkorir Aiyabei
Joan Jepkorir Aiyabei (born 17 May 1979 in
Uasin Gishu
) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.
In 1996, she finished in 5th place in the women's 5000 metres at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Sydney, Australia.[1] She finished sixteenth at the 2002 World Cross Country Championships, but this was not enough to give her a place on the medal-winning team. She finished the season on a high note with a win at the Cross Internacional de Venta de Baños.[2]
At the 2003 World Cross Country Championships she finished twelfth in the long race, while the Kenyan team, of which Aiyabei was a part, won the silver medal in the team competition.
Personal bests
- 3000 metres - 8:54.50 min (2002)
- 5000 metres - 15:18.90 min (2002)
- Half marathon - 1:11:37 hrs (2006)
References
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
- IAAF. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
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