Lornah Kiplagat

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Lornah Kiplagat (born in Nairobi, 1 May 1974) is a Dutch long-distance runner who was born in Kenya. She's running for the Netherlands since 2003, after she gained Dutch citizenship in 1999[1]. She is specialised not only in road running, she also runs on track and field.

Kiplagat was already running decent results when she still run for Kenya. She was the first woman to win both the Falmouth Road Race and the Peachtree Road Race. As of 2006 she is still the only woman to achieve this, but she achieved it three times in a row (2000, 2001 en 2002) and a fourth time in 2005 as well.[2]. Among her other achievements are the Amsterdam Marathon, the Osaka Marathon and the Los Angeles Marathon[3].

In 1999 Kiplagat moved to The Netherlands, four years laters she gained Dutch citizenship which allowed her to run for The Netherlands as of 2003. That same year she broke the Dutch marathon record to 2:23.43 during the New York City Marathon. She also participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics where she finished 5th in the marathon.

2005 was a successive year for Kiplagat. She won a silver medal on the 1/2 Marathon World Championships. Later in Tilburg at the European cross-country Championships she even won the gold medal and the European title. On january 7 2006 she then was chosen as Dutch athlete of the year 2005. At the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships she finished second in Japan, winning the silver medal. She also finished 5th in the 10,000m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships.

Besides the Dutch marathon record, Kiplagat also owns three World records. At the 5000 meter road race she run the distance in 14:47, while she broke her own record on the 10 miles of 50.54 by two seconds to 50.52 during the 2006 Dam tot Damloop[4]. which she also won in 2002. Her World-best time at the 20 km road race is 1:03:21.

She won the 2007 World Cross Country Championships held in Mombasa, Kenya. Earlier, in February 2007, she competed at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships as an invited athlete and won women's race, ahead the elite of her former compatriots [5].

[edit] Achievements

[edit] Personal bests

5 K road: 14:47 (world record)
10 K road: 30.32
10 Mile: 50.52 (world record)
20 K road: 63.56 (world record)
Half Marathon: 66.43
Marathon: 2.22.22

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lornah @ Lornah.com, lornah.com
  2. ^ Lornah Kiplagat and the High Altitude Training Center, pbs.org
  3. ^ Lornah @ Lornah.com, lornah.com
  4. ^ Wereldrecord voor Kiplagat in Zaandam, nu.nl, September 17, 2006
  5. ^ Kenyan Cross Country Championships report IAAF.com
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