Hilda Kibet

Hilda Kibet

Hilda Kibet winning her first Dutch title, Schoorl 2008
Personal information
Full name Hilda Kibet
Born 27 March 1981 (1981-03-27) (age 30)
Kapchorwa, Kenya
Height 1.66 m
Weight 45 kg
Medal record
Women's athletics
Competitor for  Netherlands
European Cross Country Championships
Gold 2008 Brussels Individual
Updated on October 18, 2009.

Hilda Kibet (born March 27, 1981 in Kapchorwa) is a Dutch runner of Kenyan birth. She is the sister of Sylvia Kibet and the niece of Lornah Kiplagat. 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, Kenya and Castricum, in the Netherlands.[1] Her great-aunt, who is only six years her senior, is fellow runner Lornah Kiplagat.[1]

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Career

She won a series of road running competitions in 2007, including: the Egmond Half Marathon, 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 10,000 metres. 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.[2] She returned the following year but only managed sixth place.[3]

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 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and she finished in tenth place in the senior race.[4] Later in the season she ran in the 10,000 m at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, but just missed out on the medals by finishing fourth behind Jéssica Augusto. She won the Dam tot Damloop in September 2010, running the fastest 10-mile time of the season (51:30), and beating her aunt Lornah Kiplagat.[5] At the Frankfurt Marathon in October she ran a personal best time of 2:26:23, which was only enough for sixth in the quick race.[6]

Her first race of 2011 was again the RAK Half Marathon, but she was a minute slower than the previous year and came sixth.[7] She had a much better performance at the Rotterdam Marathon in April, where she came second with a personal best run of 2:24:27 hours just behind Philes Ongori.[8] She was the first Dutch runner to finish at the Montferland Run in December, placing third overall.[9]

Career highlights

Dutch National Championships
2008 - Schoorl, 1st, 10 km
Other achievements
2004 - Groningen, 1st, 4 Mijl van Groningen
2004 - Brunssum, 1st, Parelloop
2005 - Breda, 1st, Bredase Singelloop
2005 - Manchester, 3rd, Great Manchester Run
2005 - Egmond aan Zee, 1st, Egmond Half Marathon
2006 - Tilburg, 2nd, Warandeloop
2006 - Groningen, 1st, 4 Mijl van Groningen
2006 - Egmond aan Zee, 2nd, Egmond Half Marathon
2007 - Egmond aan Zee, 1st, Egmond half marathon
2007 - Den Haag, 1st, City-Pier-City Loop
2007 - Brunssum, 1st, Parelloop
2007 - London, 1st, British 10km London Run
2007 - New York, 1st, New York City Half Marathon
2007 - Amsterdam – Zaandam, 2nd, Dam tot Damloop
2008 - Brussels, 1st, European Cross Country Championships
2008 - Montferland, 1st, Montferland Run
2009 - Amman, 6th, IAAF World Cross Country Championships[10]
2009 - Amsterdam – Zaandam, 2nd, Dam tot Damloop
2009 - Amsterdam, 3rd, Amsterdam Marathon

Personal bests

Distance Mark Date Location Ref
10 km 31:01 February 10, 2008 Schoorl, Netherlands
15 km 48:03 September 19, 2010 Zaandam, Netherlands
10 miles 51:21 September 20, 2009 Zaandam, Netherlands
20 km 1:05:12 February 19, 2010 Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
Half marathon 1:08:39 February 19, 2010 Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
Marathon 2:24:27 April 10, 2011 Rotterdam, Netherlands [11]

References

  1. ^ a b Clarey, Christopher (March 28, 2009). "Hilda Kibet, Kenyan by Birth, Is Dutch Cross-Country Hope". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/28/sports/othersports/28run.html?8dpc. Retrieved 2009-03-28. 
  2. ^ Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2009-05-31). Merga and Mergia take thrilling 10km victories in Bangalore. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-09.
  3. ^ Krishnan, Ram. Murali (2010-05-23). Mbishei, Yimer the surprise winners in Sunfeast World 10K. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-09.
  4. ^ Henderson, Jason (2010-03-27). IAAF hits back at World Cross criticism. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2010-03-30.
  5. ^ van Hemert, Wim (2010-09-20). Fast ten mile runs for Kibet and Mwangangi in Zaandam. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-20.
  6. ^ Edwards, Andy (2010-10-31). Fast Kenyan double in Frankfurt; 2:04:57 and 2:23:25. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-31.
  7. ^ Hutchings, Tim (2011-02-18). Keitany smashes Half Marathon World record in Ras Al Khaimah - UPDATED. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-18.
  8. ^ van Hemert, Wim (2011-04-10). Chebet impresses with 2:05:27 victory in Rotterdam. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-16.
  9. ^ van Hemert, Wim (2011-12-04). Langat and Afework the big winners in 's Heerenberg. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-12-04.
  10. ^ Clarey, Christopher (March 29, 2009). "Negotiating a Difficult Course — a Golf Course — in the Hills of Amman". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/sports/othersports/29run.html?hpw. Retrieved 2009-03-28. 
  11. ^ Wim van Hemert (2011-04-10). "Chebet impresses with 2:05:27 victory in Rotterdam". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/LRR11/news/newsid=59725.html. Retrieved 2011-04-18. 

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