Rael Nguriatukei Kinyara

{{short description|Kenyan long-distance runner}}

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Nguriatukei Rael Kinyara (born 4 April 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. She has won races in Madrid, Graz, Padua and Luxembourg.

In her first marathon outing in Europe, she came third at the 2007 Dublin Marathon with a time of 2:33:27 hours.[http://dublinmarathon.ie/news.php?article=146 2007 Race Results]. Dublin Marathon. Retrieved on 2012-05-03. She won her next race over the distance, the 2008 Madrid Marathon, and defeated Derartu Tulu in the process.Valiente, Emeterio (2008-04-27). [http://www.aimsworldrunning.org/results/2008_04.htm April 2008 AIMS Results]. AIMS. Retrieved on 2012-05-03. She was runner-up at the Reims Marathon later that year behind Agnes Kiprop.[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=2008/sex=W/all=n/legal=A/disc=MAR/detail.html Marathon 2008]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-03. She only competed once in 2009, but won the Graz Marathon in a personal best and course record time of 2:33:04 hours.[https://www.arrs.run/HP_GrazMa.htm Kultur Marathon]. ARRS (2011-10-09). Retrieved on 2012-05-03.

Kinyara broke another course record at the 2010 Maratona di Sant'Antonio in Padua, improved her best further with a finish of 2:30:19 hours.Franco Civai et al. (2011-04-21). [https://arrs.run/HP_PdvMa.htm Sant' Antonio Marathon]. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-04-22. A third consecutive win and course best followed at the Europe Marathon in June 2010, where she set the women's race record at 2:34:28 hours.[http://www.laufreport.de/archiv/0611/luxemburg/luxemburg.htm 11.6.11 - 6. ING europe-marathon luxembourg „The Night Run“ ] {{in lang|de}}. Lauf Report. Retrieved on 2012-05-03. She made a step up at her first top level marathon race in October 2011, as she knocked nearly five minutes of her former best with her fourth-place performance of 2:25:23 hours at the Eindhoven Marathon.Minshull, Phil & van Hemert, Wim (2011-10-09). [http://iaaf.org/news/newsid=62690.html Kipchumba sizzles 2:05:48 course record in Eindhoven]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-03.

At the 2012 Hamburg Marathon, Kinyara appeared to have taken the biggest victory of her career, winning in a course record and personal best time of 2:23:47 hours.Butcher, Pat (2012-04-29). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=64725.html Dawit again sub-2:06 as course records tumble in Hamburg]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-03. However, she tested positive in the post-race drug test for norandrosterone - a metabolite of the anabolic steroid nandrolone - and was banned for doping for two years.[http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/06/76/46/67646_PDF_English.pdf IAAF Newsletter No.135 (Jul/Aug)]. IAAF (28 August 2012). Retrieved on 2012-09-02. Her period of ineligibility from athletics competition expired on 18 July 2014.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131106052803/http://www.iaaf.net/mm/Document/Antidoping/SanctionedAthletes/05/61/97/20110516102918_httppostedfile_Athletescurrentlysuspendedasat16.5.11_24529.pdf Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 28.9.12]}}. IAAF (28 September 2012). Retrieved on 2014-05-04.