Eunice Chumba
Bahraini female long-distance runner
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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.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Eunice Chebichii Chumba |
| Nationality | Bahraini |
| Born | 23 May 1993 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 | |
Biography
Eunice Chumba was born and raised in Kenya. She moved to Bahrain in 2014. She 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
- 2014 Marrakech Half Marathon:
Gold - 2015 Karlovy Vary Half Marathon:
Bronze - 2015 Cape Town Marathon:
Silver - 2016 Dongying Yellow River Marathon: Gold
- 2016 Copenhagen Half Marathon: Silver
- 2016 Amsterdam Marathon: Bronze
- 2017 Rotterdam Marathon: Silver
- 2017 Copenhagen Half Marathon: Gold
- 2017 Lisbon Half Marathon: Gold
- 2017 Beirut Marathon: Gold
- 2018 Beijing Marathon: Silver
- 2018 Abu Dhabi Marathon: Silver
- 2019 Hong Kong Marathon: Silver
- 2019 Liupanshui Summer International Marathon: Gold
- 2019 Military World Games Marathon: Gold
- 2021 Milano City Marathon: Bronze
- 2021 Abu Dhabi Marathon: Silver
- 2022 Seoul International Marathon: Bronze
- 2022 World Military Marathon Championships (Lima): Gold
- 2022 Abu Dhabi Marathon: Gold
- 2023 Rotterdam Marathon: Gold
