Priscah Jeptoo

PRISCAH JEPTOO
KENYA

BIRTHDATE:
26 June 1984

PERSONAL BEST:
2:20:14 (London, 2012)

WORLD MARATHON MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:

21Aug12 Virgin London Marathon 1st 2:20:15
05Aug12 Olympic Games Marathon 2nd 2:23:12
22Aug12 Virgin London Marathon 3rd 2:20:14
27Aug11 IAAF World Championships, Daegu 2nd 2:29:00

ADDITIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

10Apr11 Paris Marathon 1st 2:22:55
14Nov10 Turin Marathon 1st 2:27:02
25Apr10 Padua Marathon 2nd 2:30:53
08Nov09 Porto Marathon 1st 2:30:40

CAREER NOTES:

Priscah Jeptoo's third marathon in London completed the sequence where she went from third to second to first. In the 2013 race she ran a sub 69 minute second half to win by 77 seconds in 2:20:15.

After beginning 2012 with a third place personal best 2:20:14 there, she was the final woman to fall back from gold medalist Tiki Gelana at the London Olympics marathon. Jeptoo's margin of defeat - five seconds - was the smallest for a silver medalist in Olympic history.

Jeptoo had an impressive negative split run at the 2011 World Championships where she also earned the silver medal.

Jeptoo had a previous strong run in South Korea as she won the 2011 Goyang Half-Marathon on March 6 in a personal best 1:10:26. A month later she won the Paris Marathon in 2:22:55, the second fastest time ever run there.