Pauline Korikwiang
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Born | 1 March 1988 Kaptabuk, Rift Valley Province, Kenya | (age 36)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pauline Chemning Korikwiang (born 1 March 1988) is a Kenyan professional
She rose in the youth ranks in 2005, taking a 3000 metres silver medal at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics and took the world junior cross country title at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. After winning youth medals on the track at World and African junior level, she has represented Kenya at the senior level in both cross country and the 10,000 metres at the African Championships in Athletics. She won two bronze medals at the 2011 All-Africa Games and a gold medal at the 2015 Military World Games.
Career
Korikwiang was born in
At the
The following year she won the Kenyan junior cross title and assumed the lead in the global event at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa. However, an error with the final lap bell meant Korikwiang mistakenly treated the second to last lap as the ultimate one. Her premature efforts destroyed her chance at the title as she let others pass in the belief the race had ended and, after realising her mistake, she eventually dropped out having fainted mid-race in Mombasa's torrid conditions. In her final international junior competition she won the 5000 m bronze medal at the 2007 African Junior Athletics Championships.[1]
In her first year as a senior, she won at the top-class
Korikwiang missed out on both the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and decided to switch to a new event, the 10,000 metres, instead. The move paid off as she took second place to Meselech Melkamu in her debut at the Golden Spike Ostrava, setting a personal best of 31:06.29 minutes. A runner-up performance behind reigning world champion Linet Masai at the Kenyan championships led to an appearance at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics (where she was sixth in the event).[1] She was selected for the national team at the International Chiba Ekiden in November, but despite gaining the lead on the anchor leg, she relinquished her position and Japan's collegiate team beat the Kenyans to the title.[7]
Her focus returned to cross country in 2011, as she won at the
She was third at the
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Kenya | |||||
2003 | African Junior Championships | Garoua, Cameroon | 4th | 5000 m | 16:58.26 |
2005 | World Cross Country Championships | Saint-Galmier, France | 7th | Junior race (6.153 km) | 20:56 |
1st | Junior team | 16 pts | |||
World Youth Championships | Marrakech , Morocco
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2nd | 3000 m | 9:05.42 | |
2006 | World Cross Country Championships | Fukuoka, Japan | 1st | Junior race (6 km) | 19:27 |
1st | Junior team | 10 pts | |||
World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 2nd | 3000 m | 9:05.21 | |
2007 | World Cross Country Championships | Mombasa, Kenya | — | Junior race (6 km) | DNF |
African Junior Championships | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | 3rd | 5000 m | 15:59.61 | |
2009 | World Cross Country Championships | Amman, Jordan | 11th | Senior race (8 km) | 27:03 |
2010 | African Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 5th | 10,000 m | 33:12.34 |
2011 | All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | 3rd | 5000 m | 15:40.93 |
3rd | 10,000 m | 33:26.17 | |||
2015 | Military World Games | Mungyeong, Korea | 1st | 5000 m | 15:23.85 |
2018 | African Championships | Asaba, Nigeria
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– | 10,000 m | DNF |
Personal bests
- 3000 metres - 8:41.11 min (2010)
- 5000 metres - 14:41.28 (2011)
- 10,000 metres - 31:06.29 (2010)
- Half Marathon – 1:12:03 (2015)
References
- ^ IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-19.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-19.
- IAAF(2006-08-19). Retrieved on 2011-03-19.
- ^ SOYA Winners 2006. SOYA Awards. Retrieved on 2011-03-19.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-19.
- IAAF(2009-03-28). Retrieved on 2011-03-19.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-19.
- ^ Valiente, Emeterio (2011-01-07). Ebuya dominates in Amorebieta. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-19.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-19.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-19.
- IAAF(2011-03-20). Retrieved on 2011-04-09.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-09.
- ^ Pauline Chemning KORIKWIANG. Diamond League. Retrieved on 2012-01-22.
- ^ Valiente, Emeterio (2012-01-22). Tanui and Wude Yimer take the spoils at Elgoibar Cross Country. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-01-22.
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2012-03-26). Kipkoech and Jepleting take close victories in Sardinia XC. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-26.
- ^ Rosenthal, Bert (2012-04-02). Gebremeskel, Dibaba Win Carlsbad 5000. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-03.
- ^ Pauline Korikwiang. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2018-02-26.