Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa (born 20 May 1984)[2] is a Kenyan-born Bahraini long-distance runner who specialises in marathon running.

[5] Kirwa made her international debut for Kenya at the age of fifteen at the inaugural 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics.

[9] Failing to make the transition to senior success on the track, she switched to road running around 2006 and began competing on the circuit in North America.

She returned to the country the following year to set a best of 73:34 minutes in São Paulo and win the Rio de Janeiro Half Marathon.

She made her debut over the full marathon distance in August that year, winning on her first attempt – her time of 2:33:42 hours in Asunción was the fastest ever on Paraguayan soil.

[16] Her best outing of the season followed at the Paris Marathon, where she ran 2:23:34 hours for third place (ranking within the top twenty for that year).

[21] A win at the Luanda Half Marathon in 68:31 minutes marked a personal best and lifted her into the top ten runners for that year.

[22] On her international debut for Bahrain, she came away with the marathon gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games, beating Japan's Ryoko Kizaki in the final section of the race.