Everline Kemunto Kimwei (born 25 August 1987) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. Her greatest achievement was a team gold medal at the

2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships The 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships were held in Udine, Italy on 14 October 2007. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given both for the men's race and for the women's race. Medallists Race results ...

, where she was sixth. She is joint-holder of the African record for the

ekiden is a long-distance running multi-stage relay race, mostly held on Road running, roads.Otake, Tomoko. ''One for All.'' Dec. 28, 200The Japan Times accessed Feb. 19, 2009. The original Japanese term had nothing to do with a sport or a competiti ...

marathon relay, courtesy of her winning run for Kenya at the 2006 Chiba Ekiden. Kimwei won a team silver medal as a junior at the

2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 20/21, 2004. The races were held at the Ossegem Park in Brussels, the capital of Belgium. Reports of the event were given in ''The New York Times'', and for the IAAF. ...

. She holds the world junior bests for the 15K and 20K distances, with times of 47:39 minutes and 65:04 minutes, respectively. Both these marks were achieved at the 2006 Kobe Women's Half Marathon, which she won. Kimwei was based in Japan for much of her teenage life and was highly successful there. She won the Matsue 10K and Sanyo Women's Half Marathon in both 2005 and 2007. She also had top three finishes at the Nobeoka Golden Games, Shizuoka International, Hyogo Relays and

Sapporo Half Marathon The was an annual road running competition over the half marathon distance which took place each July in Sapporo, Japan. First held in 1958, the race began as a full marathon competition for men under the moniker of the Hokkai Times Marathon. Th ...

. She was the 2007 Japanese Corporate champion over 10K.Everline Kimwei
Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2016-03-30. Her brief marathon running career began at the 2008

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, where she recorded a lifetime best of 2:32:51 hours.Everlyne Kemunto Kimwei
IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-30. She followed this with a run at the 2008 London Marathon, where she failed to finish. She won the Colombo Marathon later that year and made her final appearance at the

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, finishing well out of contention in 3:20:05 hours.

International competitions

Personal bests

* 3000 metres – 9:06.84 min (2007) * 5000 metres – 15:14.15 min (2005) *

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– 31:16.50 min (2006) *

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– 31:18 min (2007) *

Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcut ...

– 68:39 min (2007) * Marathon – 2:32:51 (2008)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kimwei, Everline Living people 1987 births Kenyan female long-distance runners Kenyan female marathon runners Kenyan female cross country runners 21st-century Kenyan women