| Irine Jepchumba Kimais | |
| Nationality: | Kenyan |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 5000m, 10,000m |
| Birth Date: | 10 October 1998 |
| Pb: | 5000m: 15:29.74 (Wuhan, 2019) 10,000m: 30:37.24 (Hengelo, 2021) |
Irine Jepchumba Kimais (born 10 October 1998) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.[1]
Running for the Kenyan Defence Force, she ran 32:23.11 to qualify for the 2019 African Games in the 10,000m in Rabat in August 2019.[2] In March 2022, she won the half marathon in Rome, running 1:06:03, the fastest half marathon ever ran on Italian soil by a woman.[3] In August 2022, she won the Buenos Aires half marathon.[4]
In February 2023, she set a new half marathon personal best, running 1:04:37 in Barcelona to set a new course record.[5] She then won the half marathon in Prague in April 2023, running 1:06:00.[6] She also set a new 10km personal best, when she ran 30:23 in Herzogenaurach, Germany in April 2023.[7]
In June 2023 she won the Kenyan national title over 10,000 metres in Nairobi.[8] She was subsequently selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[9]