Delilah Asiago (born 24 February 1972) is a retired female athlete from
Kenya. She specialized in
long-distance running
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Within endurance running comes two d ...
, including
marathon
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s.
She was banned for two years after she tested positive for doping during the 1999
Saint Silvester Race. Nevertheless, she was still active in 2006 when she won the
Dubai Marathon.
Asiago holds 4-Mile and 12-Kilometer
road running world records. She was awarded the "Road Racer of the Year" prize in 1995 by
Running Times
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.
International competitions
Road races
*1995 -
Falmouth Road Race, 1st
*1995 -
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, 1st (time 19:28, a 4-Mile world record)
*1995 -
Bay to Breakers
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, 1st, (time 38:23, a 12-km world record)
*2002 -
Great Lake Marathon, 1st
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*2003 - Nairobi Marathon, 2nd
*2004 - Rotterdam Marathon, 6th (time 2:37:24, her personal record)
*2005 - Nairobi Marathon, 6th
*2006 - Dubai Marathon, 1st
*2006 - Salt Lake City Marathon
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The race begins at the Olympic Legacy Bridge at the University of Utah, runs through the center of S ...
, 3rd
See also
* List of doping cases in athletics
References
External links
*
Marathoninfo profile
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1972 births
Living people
Kenyan female long-distance runners
Kenyan female marathon runners
African Games silver medalists for Kenya
African Games bronze medalists for Kenya
African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 All-Africa Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 All-Africa Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Japan
Japan Championships in Athletics winners
Doping cases in athletics
Kenyan sportspeople in doping cases
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