Violah Jepchumba

Violah Jepchumba (born 23 October 1990) is a Kenyan-born Bahraini long-distance runner who competes in road running events up to the half marathon distance.

She is the current Asian Record holder in the half-marathon (established 1 April 2017) with a winning time of 1:05:22.

That year she won a series of lower-level German road races, including the Paderborner Osterlauf, as well as the Route du Vin Half Marathon in Luxembourg.

[1] Jepchumba raised her status with a win at the Discovery Kenya Cross Country in January 2016, beating athletes including world medallists Helah Kiprop and Hyvin Kiyeng, and elite marathon runner Jemima Sumgong.

[3] Only Florence Jebet Kiplagat and Mary Jepkosgei Keitany had run faster at that point.