Emily Kimuria
{{Short description|Kenyan long-distance runner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use British English| date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name = Emily Kimuria
|fullname = Emily Chepar Kimuria
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|sport = Athletics
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|6|10|df=y}}
|birth_place= Kenya
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{{Medal|Sport|Marathon}}
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{{Medal|Competition|World Marathon Majors}}
{{Medal|Silver|2003 Berlin|Marathon}}
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Emily Chepar Kimuria (born 10 June 1975) is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who came second at the 2003 Berlin Marathon. She won the 2004 Hamburg Marathon and the 2005 Venice Marathon.
Career
Kimuria came second at the 2003 Berlin Marathon, in a time of 2:28:18.{{cite news| url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68294894/2003-berlin-marathon-results/| title= Berlin Marathon| work=Detroit Free Press| via=Newspapers.com| date=29 September 2003| page=4| accessdate=23 January 2021}}{{cite news| url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68294979/2003-berlin-marathon-summary/| title= Kenyan sets world record mark| work=The Courier-Journal| via=Newspapers.com| date=29 September 2003| page=75| accessdate=23 January 2021}} In 2004, Kimuria won the Hamburg Marathon in a time of 2:28:57. She won the race by one second from fellow Kenyan Alice Chelangat.{{cite news| url= https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/brazil-and-kenya-take-hamburg-marathon-honour| title= Brazil and Kenya take Hamburg Marathon honours| work=World Athletics| date=18 April 2004| accessdate=23 January 2021}} It was her first marathon win.{{cite news| url= https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/shami-kimuria-take-the-wins-at-the-20th-venic| title= Shami, Kimuria take the wins at the 20th Venice Marathon| work=World Athletics| date=23 October 2005| accessdate=23 January 2021}} In the same year, she came second at the Amsterdam Marathon in a time of 2:29:45.{{cite news| url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68295001/2004-amsterdam-marathon-results/| title=Amsterdam Marathon| work=The Burlington Free Press| via=Newspapers.com| date=18 October 2004| page=14| accessdate=23 January 2021}} In 2005, she won the Venice Marathon, after breaking away from Ethiopian Leila Aman after {{convert|30|km|mi}}.
In 2006, Kimuria came third at the Singapore Marathon,{{cite news| url= https://tchoukball.org.sg/documents/TB%20Article%20-%20TODAY%20Dec%2006.pdf| type=pdf| title= Kenyans turn on a masterclass| work=Tchoukball Singapore| date=4 December 2006| accessdate=23 January 2021}} and won the Greifenseelauf road race in Switzerland.{{cite web| url= https://www.arrs.run/HP_UsterHM.htm| title=Greifenseelauf Half Marathon|publisher=Association of Road Racing Statisticians| accessdate=23 January 2021}} In 2008, she came second at the Prague Marathon, in a time of 2:35:55.{{cite news| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68294916/2008-prague-marathon-results/| title= Prague Marathon| work=The Boston Globe| via=Newspapers.com| date=12 May 2008| page=38| accessdate=23 January 2021}}{{cite news| url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68295047/2008-prague-marathon-summary/| title= Mungara wins Prague Marathon; Kenya sweeps| work=Record-Journal| via=Newspapers.com| date=12 May 2008| page=14| accessdate=23 January 2021}} In 2009, Kimuria came third at the Amsterdam Marathon.{{cite news| url= https://www.voanews.com/archive/kenyan-cheboror-runs-record-time-win-amsterdam-marathon| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210129134410/https://www.voanews.com/archive/kenyan-cheboror-runs-record-time-win-amsterdam-marathon| url-status= dead| archive-date= 29 January 2021| title= Kenyan Cheboror Runs Record Time to Win Amsterdam Marathon| work=Voice of America| date=29 October 2009| accessdate=23 January 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics|kenya/emily-chepar-kimuria-14289119}}
{{Footer Hamburg Marathon Champions Women}}
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Category:Kenyan female marathon runners