Francis Chepsiror Kirwa (born November 28, 1974) is a Finnish marathon runner of Kenyan origin.

He also set a personal best of 2:11:01 by winning the gold medal at the Maratona Sant’Antonio in Padua, Italy.

[2] Kirwa represented his adopted nation Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's marathon.

He successfully finished the race in fourteenth place by twenty-two seconds behind Spain's José Manuel Martínez, outside his personal best time of 2:14:22.

He also trains full-time for marathon and cross-country races at Lahden Ahkera,[needs update] under his personal and head coach Timo Vuorimaa.