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Caroline Kilel
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Kenya
World Half Marathon Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Birmingham Team

Caroline Cheptanui Kilel (born 21 March 1981) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.

At the 2003 World Cross Country Championships she finished eighth in the long race, while the Kenyan team, of which Kilel was a part, won the silver medal in the team competition. She finished sixteenth at the 2005 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.

In 2009 she attended the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham, England. She just missed out on the podium, finishing fourth, although she had managed to set a personal best of 1:08:16 as well as help Kenya to the team gold. She then went on to set a new personal best with a win at the Ljubljana Marathon a few weeks later, improving her previous mark by almost five minutes and setting a new course record in the process.[1] The following year, Kilel took part in the 2010 Seoul International Marathon and clocked 2:26:58 for third place.[2]

On Oct. 31 2010 Caroline Kilel won the Frankfurt Marathon, setting a new course record with the winning time and a new personal best of 2.23.25 hours, defeating Dire Tune by 19 seconds.[3]

Personal bests

References

  1. ^ Ramsak, Bob (2009-10-25). Two weeks after Birmingham, Kilel cruises 2:25:24 in Ljubljana. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-12-12.
  2. ^ Jalava, Mirko (2010-03-21). Surprise in Seoul – Teimet clocks 2:06:49 – Seoul International Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-22.
  3. ^ Elsäßer, Nico (2010-10-31). Rekordfestival krönt Frankfurt-Marathon. Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband. Retrived on 2010-10-31.