Peres Jepchirchir (born 27 September 1993) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes mainly in road running competitions.

[5] Jepchirchir ran track while at school and was spurred on by the achievements of fellow Kenyan Mary Keitany, who was a world half marathon champion at the time.

[8] Her talent was spotted by Gianni Demadonna's team and she began to earn invitations to high level European road races.

[9] She won three straight races in France in late 2014, winning the Le Lion Half Marathon (in a course record of 69:12 minutes),[10] the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale,[11] then the Corrida de Houilles.

Despite the fast time, which moved her to 13th on the all-time lists, the strength in depth of the race left her in fourth some way behind winner Cynthia Cherotich Limo while six women ran quicker than 67 minutes (a first for the sport).

[17] This performance earned her a place on the Kenyan team for the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.

The five-woman team led out the start of the race, with Ethiopia's Netsanet Gudeta and Genet Yalew also in contention.