Violah Jepchumba

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Violah Jepchumba (born 23 October 1990) is a Kenyan born long-distance runner from Bahrain who competes in road running events up to the half marathon distance. She holds a personal best of 65:51 minutes, which ranks her the third fastest woman ever.

She began competing internationally in 2014 and was runner-up in her first European outing at the Parelloop. That year she won a series of lower level German road races, including the , as well as the Route du Vin Half Marathon in Luxembourg. In the 2015 season she improved her half marathon best to 71:46 minutes at the Göteborgsvarvet, was runner-up at the Kärnten Läuft, then won the Udine Half Marathon in a new best of 69:29 minutes.[1]

Jepchumba raised her status with a win at the in January 2016, beating athletes including world medallists Helah Kiprop and Hyvin Kiyeng, and elite marathon runner Jemima Sumgong.[2] She entered the Prague Half Marathon and delivered far beyond expectations with a win 65:51 minutes. This was the fourth fastest time ever recorded for the distance.[3] Only Florence Jebet Kiplagat and Mary Jepkosgei Keitany had run faster at that point.[4] She extended her win streak at the Istanbul Half Marathon later that month.[5]

She tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) in drug tests in August and September 2017 and received a four-year ban for doping.[6]

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  1. ^ Viola Chepchumba. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2016-04-03.
  2. ^ Mills, Steven (2016-01-31). Karoki dominates proceedings in Eldoret – cross-country round-up. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-03.
  3. ^ Dennehy, Cathal (2016-04-02). Jepchumba joins the greats at Prague Half Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-03.
  4. ^ Senior outdoor Half Marathon women. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-03.
  5. ^ Ramsak, Bob (2016-04-24). Kaya and Jepchumba cruise to Istanbul Half Marathon titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-24.
  6. ^ Sabuni Khwa Sabuni (2018-09-05). Viola Jepchumba banned for using EPO. Daily Sport (Kenya). Retrieved 2020-05-25.

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