Hilda Kibet (born 27 March 1981 in

Keiyo District Keiyo District (also known as ''Elgeyo district'' or Elgeiyo) is a defunct administrative district in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya. The district was formed in 1994, when ''Elgeyo/Marakwet-District'' was split into two - the other half wa ...

) is a Dutch

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n birth. She is the sister of Sylvia Kibet and the niece of

Lornah Kiplagat Lornah Kiplagat (born 1 May 1974) is a Dutch professional long-distance runner. She was born in Kabiemit, Rift Valley Province, Kenya and came to the Netherlands in 1999. She gained Dutch citizenship in 2003 and has competed for the Netherlan ...

. She obtained Dutch nationality in October 2007. Kibet's longtime partner is Dutch marathon runner Hugo van den Broek. They split their time between Iten,

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and Castricum, in the

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. Her great-great-aunt, who is only six years her senior, is fellow runner

Career

She won a series of

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competitions in 2007, including: the

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, New York City Half Marathon, City-Pier-City Loop, Parelloop and British 10km London Run. The following year she won the New York Mini 10K, succeeding her great-aunt Lornah Kiplagat, and made her Olympic debut at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where she was fifteenth in the

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. She won the women's title at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships at the end of the year. She ran at the World 10K Bangalore in May 2009 and although she was one of the pre-race favourites, she finished fourth overall. She returned the following year, but only managed sixth place. She opened 2010 with a personal best run of 1:08:39 at the RAK Half Marathon. Kibet was the sole runner selected to represent the Netherlands at the

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and she finished in tenth place in the senior race. Later in the season she ran in the 10,000 m at the

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, but just missed out on the medals by finishing fourth behind

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. She won the

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in September 2010, running the fastest 10-mile time of the season (51:30), and beating her aunt Lornah Kiplagat. At the

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in October she ran a personal best time of 2:26:23, which was only enough for sixth in the quick race. Her first race of 2011 was again the RAK Half Marathon, but she was a minute slower than the previous year and came sixth. She had a much better performance at the

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in April, where she came second with a personal best run of 2:24:27 hours just behind

Philes Ongori Philes Moora Ongori (born 19 July 1986 in Chironge, Kiamokama, in Kisii District) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in half marathon and marathon events. Her early career was based in Japan and she won a number of All-Japan Corpor ...

. She was the first Dutch runner to finish at the Montferland Run in December, placing third overall. Kibet attempted a third career win at the Egmond Half Marathon, but finished in third place. She claimed victory at the Göteborgsvarvet in May with a run of 1:09:27 hours, then came third at the New York Mini 10K a month later. She was chosen to run the marathon at the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and she managed 24th place with her time of 2:28:52 hours. Her season's best run came at the

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, where she ran 2:25:46 as the runner-up behind Sharon Cherop, who broke the course record. She set a new best for the half marathon with a run of 67:59 minutes for fourth at the Roma-Ostia Half Marathon in February 2013. She was the fastest athlete at the Rotterdam Marathon with her third-place finish in 2:26:42 hours.

Career highlights

;Dutch National Championships :2008 -

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, 1st, 10 km ;Other achievements :2004 - Groningen, 1st,

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:2004 - Brunssum, 1st, Parelloop :2005 - Breda, 1st, Bredase Singelloop :2005 -

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, 3rd, Great Manchester Run :2005 -

Egmond aan Zee Egmond aan Zee () is a village on the North Sea coast in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, about 9 km west of Alkmaar. Egmond aan Zee was a separate municipality until 1978, when it merged with ...

, 1st,

:2006 -

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, 2nd, Warandeloop :2006 - Groningen, 1st, 4 Mijl van Groningen :2006 -

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, 1st, City-Pier-City Loop :2007 - Brunssum, 1st, Parelloop :2007 -

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, 1st, British 10km London Run :2007 -

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, 1st, New York City Half Marathon :2007 -

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European Cross Country Championships The European Cross Country Championships is an annual international cross country running competition. Organised by the European Athletic Association, it is the area championships for the region and is held in December each year. The championship ...

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, 1st, Montferland Run :2009 - Amman, 6th,

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Personal bests

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kibet, Hilda 1981 births Living people Kenyan female long-distance runners Kenyan female marathon runners Dutch female long-distance runners Dutch female marathon runners Olympic athletes of the Netherlands Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Dutch people of Kenyan descent Dutch sportspeople of African descent People from Elgeyo-Marakwet County Kenyan emigrants to the Netherlands European Athletics Championships medalists European Cross Country Championships winners