Eunice Chumba

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| name = Eunice Chumba

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| fullname = Eunice Chebichii Chumba

| nationality = Bahraini

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1993|05|23}}

| birth_place = Uasin Gishu, Kenya{{cite web |title=Eunice Chebichii Chumba |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1378772-chumba-eunice-chebichii.htm |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=30 July 2021 |archive-date=7 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807154312/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1378772-chumba-eunice-chebichii.htm |url-status=dead}}

| height = 1.53 m

| weight = 46 kg

| country = Bahrain

| sport = Athletics

| event = Marathon, Cross country running, 10,000 metres

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Eunice Chebichii Chumba (born 23 May 1993){{cite web |title=Eunice Chebichii CHUMBA – Athlete Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/bahrain/eunice-chebichii-chumba-14423913 |website=World Athletics |access-date=1 January 2023}} is a Kenyan-born Bahraini female long-distance runner. She won silver medals in the 10,000 metres at the 2018 Asian Games and 2015 Asian Athletics Championships.

Biography

Eunice Chumba was born and raised in Kenya. She moved to Bahrain in 2014. She was motivated by her father to represent the country in athletics at international arena.{{Cite web |url=https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/CHUMBA-Eunice-3011005/ |title=CHUMBA Eunice |website=Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang |access-date=27 August 2018 |archive-date=27 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827142250/https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/CHUMBA-Eunice-3011005/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news |url=https://sabuniemmanuel.wordpress.com/2015/04/01/chebichii-turns-to-bahrain/ |title=CHEBICHII TURNS TO BAHRAIN |work=Sabuni's Sports |first=Emmanuel |last=Sabuni |date=1 April 2015 |access-date=27 August 2018}}

She claimed her first athletics senior gold medal in Manama at the 2016 Asian Cross Country Championships.{{Cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/asian-xc-rop-chumba |title=Bahrain dominate as Rop and Chumba take Asian cross country titles |website=IAAF.org |first=Phil |last=Minshull |date=29 February 2016 |access-date=27 August 2018}} Chumba won the 2017 Copenhagen Half Marathon with a time of 1:06:11, establishing a new course record among women.{{Cite news |url=https://cphhalf.dk/en/elite-field-women/ |title=Elite field women - Copenhagen Half Marathon |work=Copenhagen Half Marathon |access-date=27 August 2018 |archive-date=27 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827110416/https://cphhalf.dk/en/elite-field-women/ |url-status=dead }} She also set a new Beirut Marathon record among women in 2017 with a finish of 2:28:43 to take the gold medal.{{Cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/chumba-beirut-marathon |title=Chumba chasing Beirut Marathon record |website=IAAF.org |first=Paul |last=Gains |date=31 October 2017 |access-date=27 August 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/beirut-marathon-2017-ruto-chumba |title=Ruto and Chumba break race records at Beirut Marathon |website=IAAF.org |first=Paul |last=Gains |date=12 November 2017 |access-date=27 August 2018}}

Chumba claimed her first Asian Games medal, silver in the women's 10,000 m event representing Bahrain at the 2018 Asian Games.{{Cite web |url=http://m.gdnonline.com/details.html?id=388315&title=Asian-Games-Bahrain-denied-marathon-gold |title=Bahrain claims two silver medals in opening day of 2018 Asian Games athletics |website=m.gdnonline.com |access-date=27 August 2018 |archive-date=27 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827142239/http://m.gdnonline.com/details.html?id=388315&title=Asian-Games-Bahrain-denied-marathon-gold |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news |url=http://www.newsofbahrain.com/bahrain/46445.html |title=Silver double joy for the Kingdom at Asian Games |work=DT News |date=26 August 2018 |access-date=27 August 2018}}