Mary Jepkosgei Keitany was born on January 17, 1982 in Kisok, Baringo. She is a runner from Kenya who specializes in the long distance events. She won silver at the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships and became the World Half Marathon champion two years later. She won the 2011 London Marathon with a personal best of 2:19:19 hours making her the fourth fastest woman ever in the event.
Her personal best of 1:05:50 in the half marathon is the current women's world record. She also holds the world record in the women's 10 miles (50:05 minutes), 20 km (62:36), and the 25 km (1:19:53). She started running while at primary school. In 2002, she joined the Hidden Talent Academy. In January 2006 she placed 21st in her first senior race, after some success in local races, she competed abroad for the first time, winning some road races in Europe.
She won a silver medal at the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships, finishing second only to Lornah Kiplagat who broke the world record. She married fellow Kenyan athlete Charles Koech in late 2007 and the couple had a son, Jared Kipchumba, in mid 2008. After her year out, she returned to competition at the World 10K Bangalore in May 2009. She finished one second behind the winner Aselefech Mergia, but set a new personal best of 32:09 in the 10 km. In September that year, she finished the 2009 Lille Half Marathon with 1:07:00, which were a winning mark and the seventh fastest run of all-time over the distance.
She won the 2010 Abu Dhabi Half Marathon. She also won the 2010 Berlin 25K race, setting a new world record 1:19:53 hours. The previous record was held by Mizuki Noguchi of Japan since 2005. Her quick time left her almost five minutes ahead of the runner-up Alice Timbilili. She used the Portugal Half Marathonin September as preparation for the New York City Marathon and led from the front to win the race largely uncontested in a time of 1:08:46. In her debut run at the 2010 NYC Marathon she was among the leading three for much of the race but faded in the latter stages to complete the distance in 2:29:01 hours for third place.
Keitany began 2011 in record breaking form as she won the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon with a world record time of 1:05:50. This marked the first time a woman had run the distance in under 66 minutes and she set a number of other records along the way, including a world record of 1:02:36 for 20 km and world best times for the 8 km and 10 mile markers. She then won the 2011 London Marathon in a time of 2:19:17, pulling away from the field at the 14 mile mark and becoming the fourth fastest woman ever over the marathon distance. She won for a second time at the Portugal Half Marathon and improved upon her own course record with a winning time of 1:07:54 hours.
She is married to another runner Charles Koech and gave birth to her first child in 2008. She trains at the Adidas camp in Iten, is managed by Gianni Demadonna and is coached by Gabriele Nicola. The only point which is trustable for purchasing of Olympic Athletics Marathon Tickets is Sport Ticket Exchange. You can buy Olympic Tickets for all sports and events including Athletics Marathon Tickets from Sport Ticket Exchange at cheap rates.
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