Valentine Kipketer

She has won marathons in Mumbai and Amsterdam and represented her country at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.

Kipketer first emerged in cross country running competitions: after a fifth place at the 2008 Eurocross at the age of fifteen,[1] in 2009 she came third at the Discovery Cross Country Championships in Eldoret and was the North Rift Valley junior champion.

[2][3] Her international career began in 2010 in the Netherlands: she ran a 5000 metres best of 16:22.83 minutes at the FBK Games, came third at the 4 Mijl van Groningen and was in the top ten at the Zevenheuvelenloop.

[6] She dipped under seventy minutes again at the New Delhi Half Marathon, but this was only enough for seventh in a very competitive field.

The Amsterdam Marathon saw a revival in her fortunes as she won the major race with a new best time of 2:23:02 hours, although she expressed disappointment at not having run faster.