Violah Jepchumba
Violah Jepchumba in Prague | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Violah Jepchumba Kilonzo Motosio | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Bahrain | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 August 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Violah Jepchumba Kilonzo Motosio (born 23 October 1990), also known as Violah Jepchumba is a Kenyan-born Bahraini long-distance runner who competes in road running events up to the half marathon distance. During her career she has represented both Kenya and Bahrain. She is the current Asian Record holder in the half-marathon (established 1 April 2017) with a winning time of 1:05:22. In 2016, at Praha, she ran a personal best of 1:05:51, which then ranked her as the third fastest woman ever.