Mary Keitany



Mary Jepkosgei Keitany ( Kisok - at Kabarnet , Baringo District , January 181982 ) is a Kenyanathlete who specializes in the half marathon . In 2009 she became world champion at this distance, it is also the holder of the world record in the 20 km, half marathon and 30 km . Once they took part in the Olympics and was fourth on that occasion marathon .



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[ hide ]  *1 Career  ==Career [ edit] == Mary Keitany experienced in 2007 a ​​successful year. She started the year with a victory in the half marathon of Viana do Castelo (January). This was followed by victories at half marathons in Vitry-sur-Seine (April) and Lille (September).
 * 2 Titles
 * 3 Personal bests
 * 4 Honours
 * 4.1 10 km
 * 4.2 half marathon
 * 4.3 25 km
 * 4.4 marathon

On October 14, 2007, she was second at the world championships on the road in Udine with only 36 seconds behind the winner Lornah Kiplagat . Kiplagat brought to this contest, which this year was run in the half marathon distance, the world record to 1:06:25.

In 2009 Mary Keitany gave the best performance of her athletics career so far. In the UKBirmingham, she took on October 11, the world half marathon on the Dutch Lornah Kiplagat, who was absent this time due to a knee injury. Her winning time of 1:06:36 she was faster than ever at this distance.

Keitany is married and has one child. ==Titles [ Edit] == ==Personal records [ Edit] == ==Honours [ edit] == ===10 km [ edit] === ===half marathon [ edit] === ===25 km [ edit] === ===Marathon [ Edit] ===
 * World Champion Half Marathon - 2009
 * Job
 * Road
 * 2007: San Silvestre Amadora - 33.06
 * 2005: City-Pier-City Run - 1:10:18
 * 2006: half marathon Los Palcios - 1:09:06
 * 2006: Half marthon Berlin - 1:09:43
 * 2007: half marathon Viana do Castelo - 1:12:37
 * 2007: half marathon Vitry-sur-Seine - 1:08:36
 * 2007: Lille Half Marathon - 1:08:43
 * 2007: half marathon Remich - 1:10:13
 * 2007 World Championships in Udine - 1:06:48
 * 2007: half marathon Ivry to Vitry-sur-Seine - 1:08:36
 * 2009: New Delhi half marathon - 1:06:54
 * 2009: World Championships in Birmingham - 1:06:36
 * 2010: Abu Dhabi half marathon - 1:07:14
 * 2010: Lisbon Half Marathon - 1:08:50
 * 2011: Lisbon Half Marathon - 1:07:54
 * 2011: Half Marathon Ra's Al Khaymah - 1:05:50 (WR)
 * 2012: Half Marathon Ra's Al Khaymah - 1:06:49
 * 2010: 25 miles from Berlin - 1:19:53 (WR)
 * 2010: New York Marathon - 2:29:01
 * 2011: London Marathon - 2:19:19
 * 2011: New York Marathon - 2:23:38
 * 2012: London Marathon - 2:18:37 (nat. rec.)
 * 2012: 4th OS - 2:23:56