Eunice Chumba

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Eunice Chumba
Personal information
Full name Eunice Chebichii Chumba
Nationality Bahraini
Born (1993-05-23) 23 May 1993 (age 31)
Uasin Gishu, Kenya[1]
Height 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight 46 kg (101 lb)
Sport
Country Bahrain
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Marathon, Cross country running, 10,000 metres
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Bahrain
World Half Marathon Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Valencia Team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 10,000 m
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Wuhan 10,000 m
Arab Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Isa Town 10,000 m
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuhan Marathon
World Cross Country Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kampala Senior team
Asian Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Manama Senior race

Eunice Chebichii Chumba (born 23 May 1993)[2] is a Kenyan-born Bahraini female long distance runner. She won silver medals in the 10,000 metres at the 2018 Asian Games and 2015 Asian Athletics Championships.

Biography

Eunice Chumba was born and raised in Kenya before moving to Bahrain in 2014. She settled in Bahrain and was motivated by her father to represent the country in athletics at international arena.[3][4]

She claimed her first athletics senior gold medal in Manama at the 2016 Asian Cross Country Championships.[5] Chumba won the 2017 Copenhagen Half Marathon with a time of 1:06:11, establishing a new course record among women.[6] She also set a new Beirut Marathon record among women in 2017 with a finish of 2:28:43 to take the gold medal.[7][8]

Chumba claimed her first Asian Games medal, silver in the women's 10,000 m event representing Bahrain at the 2018 Asian Games.[9][10]

Marathon competition record

References

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