Gladys Cherono Kiprono Explained

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Gladys Cherono
Fullname:Gladys Cherono Kiprono
Birth Date:12 May 1983
Birth Place:Nairobi, Kenya
Country:Kenya
Sport:Long-distance running
Event:Marathon

Gladys Cherono Kiprono (born 12 May 1983) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes in track and road running events. She became the first woman to win both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres at the African Championships in 2012. She is a three-time winner of the Berlin Marathon and the 8th fastest women marathoner of all time .

Career

She started running in Spanish road races in 2004. She set a personal best of 71:19 minutes to win the 2005 Media Maratón Santa Pola and also won at the Granollers Half Marathon. She continued to compete at low level races and was runner-up at the 2007 Reims Half Marathon. She won that race the following year and improved her best at the Porto Half Marathon, running 70:43 minutes for third. She bettered that time at the 2009 Valladolid Half Marathon, taking the title with a run of 69:26 minutes, and was runner-up at the Porto race.[1] She made few competitive appearances over the following 18 months, but won the Zhuhai Half Marathon on her Asian debut in December 2011.[2]

Cherono broke into the elite ranks in 2012. She was third at both the RAK Half Marathon and the Prague Half Marathon, recording a best of 68:18 minutes at the latter race.[3] She also progressed on the track, taking the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres titles at the Kenya Defence Forces Championships.[4] She was chosen to run these events at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics and, in the absence of higher profile athletes, she became the first woman to win both distance races at the championships. Her run of 15:40.04 minutes for the 5000 m gold medal was a championship record.[5] [6] She was not chosen to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics and instead went on to win at the Bogotá Half Marathon[7] and Tilburg 10K.

She won the Kenya Defence Forces Cross Country title at the start of 2013,[8] then ran a personal best of 1:06:48 to win the Prague Half Marathon[9] – a time which brought her into the top 10 fastest women half-marathoner of all time. She won the national trial event for the 10,000 m and went on to take the silver medal behind Tirunesh Dibaba.[10] She ended the year with runner-up finishes at the BOclassic and the Delhi Half Marathon.[11]

In September 2015, in her second time competing at the marathon distance, she won the Berlin Marathon in 2:19:25[12] (a personal best by 38 seconds), which at the time made her the 7th fastest women marathoner of all time.[13] Later in February 2016, Cherono finished the RAK Half Marathon in 1:06:07[14] (a personal best by 31 seconds), which at the time made her the 4th fastest women half-marathoner of all time.[15] In 2017, Cherono won her second Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:20:23.[16] The following year, she won the Berlin Marathon for the third time with a time of 2:18:11 and set a course record.[17]

, Gladys Cherono is the 8th fastest women marathoner of all time[18] and the 24th fastest in the half-marathon distance.[19]

World Marathon Majors results

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gladys Cherono . Tilastopaja . 28 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131227073623/http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atw.php?ID=31403 . 27 December 2013 .
  2. Web site: Gladys Cherono Kiprono . Posso Sports . 28 October 2015 . https://archive.today/20130131175808/http://possosports-europe.com/eng/athlete.php?ID=108 . 31 January 2013.
  3. Web site: Butcher . Pat . 31 March 2012 . Tsegay's 58:47 shatters course record in 'very windy' Prague - iaaf.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20120705005915/http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/LRR12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=64489 . 5 July 2012 . . 28 October 2015 . 3 Gladys CHERONO KEN 68:18. .
  4. Web site: Mutuota . Mutwiri . 12 May 2012 . Obiri polishes off opponents in Nairobi - iaaf.org . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220621125335/https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/obiri-polishes-off-opponents-in-nairobi . 2022-06-21 . . 28 October 2015 . she upstaged accomplished stars to secure the women 5000m and 10,000m titles..
  5. Web site: Watta . Evelyn . 29 June 2012 . Milama wins first-ever sprint title for Gabon – African champs, Day 2 - iaaf.org . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211219121149/https://worldathletics.org/news/news/milama-wins-first-ever-sprint-title-for-gabon-1 . 2021-12-19 . . 28 October 2015 . Gladys Cherono grabbing the women's 5000m gold in 15:40.04..
  6. Web site: Watta . Evelyn . 1 July 2012 . Cherono takes 10,000m for second title in Porto-Novo – African champs, Day 4 - iaaf.org . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220621125331/https://worldathletics.org/news/news/cherono-takes-10000m-for-second-title-in-port . 2022-06-21 . . 28 October 2015 . Cherono strongly sprinted to win only her second 10,000m race..
  7. Web site: 30 July 2012 . Kirui and Cherono dominate Bogotá Half Marathon - iaaf.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20121003030413/http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/LRR12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=66190 . 3 October 2012 . . 28 October 2015 . Cherono grabbed the victory in the women's race in a similar strategy. .
  8. Web site: Mutuota . Mutwiri . 19 January 2013 . Kipsang romps to Kenyan Police victory, Cherono takes Defence Forces title - iaaf.org . . 28 October 2015 . Gladys Cherono came out on top to bag her first ever Forces cross country title..
  9. Web site: 6 April 2013 . Cherono breaks course record in Prague as Tadese out-sprints team-mate - iaaf.org . . 28 October 2015 . Kenya's Gladys Cherono broke the course record with 1:06:48..
  10. Web site: Minshull . Phil . 11 August 2013 . Report: Women's 10,000m final – Moscow 2013 - iaaf.org . . 28 October 2015.
  11. Web site: Mulkeen . Jon . 15 December 2013 . Tsegay breaks course record at Delhi Half Marathon - iaaf.org . . 28 October 2015.
  12. Web site: Minshull . Phil . 27 September 2015 . Kipchoge wins Berlin Marathon in 2:04:00, Cherono takes women's race in 2:19:25 - iaaf.org . . 5 January 2017 . Gladys Cherono almost stole the show from Kipchoge a little more than 15 minutes later when she won the women's race in 2:19:25..
  13. Web site: Marathon - women - senior - outdoor - iaaf.org . . 26 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151021184527/http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/road-running/marathon/outdoor/women/senior . 21 October 2015 . 7 2:19:25 Gladys Cherono KIPRONO..
  14. Web site: Minshull . Phil . 12 February 2016 . Limo leads home a record six women under 67 minutes at the RAK Half Marathon- News - iaaf.org . . 5 January 2017 . with Cherono finishing second just three seconds in arrears in 1:06:07..
  15. Web site: Half Marathon - women - senior - outdoor - iaaf.org . . 26 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160214031131/http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/road-running/half-marathon/outdoor/women/senior . 14 February 2016 . 4 1:06:07 Gladys Cherono KIPRONO..
  16. Web site: Kipchoge holds off surprise package Adola to regain Berlin Marathon title . IAAF . 28 October 2018 . 24 September 2017.
  17. Web site: Eliud Kipchoge smashes World Record, Gladys Cherono sets Course Record and world lead . BMW Berlin Marathon . 28 October 2018 . 16 September 2018 . 29 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181029112322/https://www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com/en/news-and-media/news/2018/09/16/eliud-kipchoge-smashes-world-record-gladys-cherono-sets-course-record-and-world-lead.html . dead .
  18. Web site: Marathon - women - senior - outdoor . . https://web.archive.org/web/20200701221437/https://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/road-running/marathon/outdoor/women/senior . 1 July 2020 . 3 July 2020 . 8 2:18:11 Gladys CHERONO..
  19. Web site: Half Marathon - women - senior - outdoor . . 26 June 2020 . 24 1:06:07 Gladys CHERONO..

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