Jafred Chirchir Kipchumba
Jafred Chirchir Kipchumba (born 8 August 1983) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He won the 2011 Eindhoven Marathon in a personal best time of 2:05:48 hours.
Biography
Hailing from Keiyo District in Kenya, he began training for marathon running in 2003.[1] He made his first competitive appearance over the classic distance at an all-debutant version of the Vienna City Marathon in 2009. He finished in sixth place with a time of 2:10:42 hours.[2] He again finished sixth at the Istanbul Eurasia Marathon in October later that year.[3]
In his fourth outing over the 42.195 km distance, Kipchumba had his first competitive win. He defeated former world champion Charles Kamathi to win the Milano City Marathon in a personal best time of 2:10:42 hours and later declared that he himself had not expected to win the competition.[1] He improved his time further at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon where he crossed the line after 2:08:09 hours to take the runner-up spot behind Kenneth Mungara, who ran the fastest time ever set in Canada.[4] He made a significant career breakthrough at the 2011 Eindhoven Marathon: he ran a course record time of 2:05:48 hours, beating the previous course record by over a minute (Geoffrey Mutai's 2:07:01 from 2009). He was surprised by his achievement, stating after the race: "I was only thinking about running 2:07. I was not confident I was going to run faster".[5]
He trains with Geoffrey Mutai, who won the 2011 Boston Marathon in a world's fastest time.[5]
References
- ^ a b Sampaolo, Diego (2011-04-11). Surprise victories for Kipchumba and Mengistu in Milan. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
- ^ Wenig, Jorg (2009-04-19). Kenyan and home victories as Vienna’s unique debutants’ race initiative proves a success. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
- ^ Yelena Kurdyumova and Sergey Porada (2009-10-19). Roba successfully defends in Istanbul. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
- ^ Gains, Paul (2010-09-26). Mungara and Cherop take Toronto Marathon titles as Canadian All-Comers records tumble. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
- ^ a b Minshull, Phil & van Hemert, Wim (2011-10-09). Kipchumba sizzles 2:05:48 course record in Eindhoven. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
External links
- Jafred Chirchir Kipchumba at World Athletics
- Marathon Info profile
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- 1959: Fritz Schöning (FRG)
- 1960: Frans Künen (NED)
- 1961–1981: Not held
- 1982: Lucien Rottiers (BEL)
- 1984: Harrie Driessen (NED)
- 1986: Kim Reynierse (NED)
- 1988: Jean-Pierre Paumen (BEL)
- 1990: John Vermeule (NED)
- 1991: Vladimir Kotov (BLR)
- 1992: Andy Green (ENG)
- 1993: Mohamed Kamel Selmi (ALG)
- 1994: Aiduna Aitnafa (ETH)
- 1995: Petro Sarafyniuk (UKR)
- 1996: Tumo Turbo (ETH)
- 1997: John Kiprono (KEN)
- 1998: Grzegorz Gajdus (POL)
- 1999: David Ngetich (KEN)
- 2000: Willy Cheruiyot Kipkirui (KEN)
- 2001: Samuel Tangus (KEN)
- 2002–2004: Willy Cheruiyot Kipkirui (KEN)
- 2005: Boniface Usisivu (KEN)
- 2006–2007: Philip Singoei (KEN)
- 2008–2009: Geoffrey Mutai (KEN)
- 2010: Charles Kamathi (KEN)
- 2011: Jafred Chirchir Kipchumba (KEN)
- 2012: Dickson Chumba (KEN)
- 2013: Yemane Tsegay (ETH)
- 2014: Tilahun Regassa (ETH)
- 2015: Stephen Chebogut (KEN)
- 2016: Festus Talam (KEN)
- 2017: Festus Talam (KEN)
- 2018: Elisha Kipchirchir (KEN)
- 2019: Laban Mutai (KEN)
- 2020: cancelled
- 2021: Silas Too (KEN)