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Peres Jepchirchir
KenyaActive- Born
- Sep 27, 1993 (33 years old)
- Birthplace
- Turbo, Kenya
- Events
- Marathon · Half Marathon
Peres Jepchirchir (born 27 September 1993) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes mainly in road running competitions.
She won the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Jepchirchir was the champion at the 2016 and 2020 World Half Marathon Championships. She claimed victories at the 2021 New York City and 2022 Boston Marathon and finished third at the 2023 London Marathon. She claimed a further victory at the 2024 London Marathon, finishing in two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds and breaking the women’s only world record (that is, the world record for the fastest time by a female marathon runner without using male pace makers). Her best time for the half marathon of 1:05:06, set on 10 February 2017 in the UAE, is a former half marathon world record.
She holds the women's only half marathon world record of 1:05:16 set at the 2020 World Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia, Poland, which was an improvement on her own previous record.
As of Nov 1, 2026: Marathon 2:14:43 (#12 all-time), Half Marathon 1:05:06 (#26 all-time), 2026 season best 2:18:31 (Aug 30, 2026) · Last competition: TCS Sydney Marathon Presented by ASICS, Aug 30, 2026, 2:18:31 · Olympic Games: 1 gold · World Championships: 1 gold · 33 years old
Personal bests
WA points calculator →Medals
| Competitions | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| World Championships | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Total | 2 | – | – | 2 |
Progression
| Season | Discipline | Result | Wind | Date | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Marathon | 2:18:31 | – | Aug 30, 2026 | TCS Sydney Marathon Presented by ASICS |
| 2025 | Marathon | 2:14:43 | – | Dec 7, 2025 | Maratón Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich, Valencia |
| 2024 | Semi | 1:07:19 | – | Feb 24, 2024 | Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon |
| 2024 | Marathon | 2:16:16 | – | Apr 21, 2024 | TCS London Marathon |
| 2023 | Semi | 1:07:25 | – | Oct 1, 2023 | World Athletics Road Running Championships, Riga |
| 2023 | Marathon | 2:18:38 | – | Apr 23, 2023 | TCS London Marathon |
| 2022 | 10Kilometr | 31:19 | – | Jun 11, 2022 | New York, NY (USA) |
| 2022 | Semi | 1:07:07 | – | Sep 11, 2022 | Newcastle upon Tyne (GBR) |