Lornah Kiplagat (born 1 May 1974) is a Dutch professional long-distance

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. She was born in Kabiemit,

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and came to the

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in 1999. She gained Dutch citizenship in 2003 and has competed for the Netherlands since.Lornah @ Lornah.com
http://Lornahsports.com , ''lornah.com'' She used to run not only road events but also in cross country and track and field. She ran at the

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and

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, was the 2007

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list at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, and took three straight World Road Running Championship titles from 2006 to 2008. In the

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, she holds a best time of 2:22:22 hours and has won major races in

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and

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. She currently holds the world road record over 5 kilometres and 10 miles. Her best times over 20 km and the

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distance were world records from 2007 to 2011 and remain the second fastest times ever. Part of a highly successful family of runners, her relatives include

Sylvia Kibet Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (born 28 March, 1984) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. She was the silver medallist in the 5000 metres at the World Championships in Athletics in both 2009 and 2011. She also won medals over the d ...

Hilda Kibet Hilda Kibet (born 27 March 1981 in Keiyo District) is a Dutch runner of Kenyan birth. She is the sister of Sylvia Kibet and the niece of Lornah Kiplagat. She obtained Dutch nationality in October 2007. Kibet's longtime partner is Dutch marathon ...

and

Susan Sirma Susan Sirma (born May 26, 1966) is a retired Kenyan middle-distance runner best known for winning a bronze medal over 3000 metres at the 1991 World Championships, becoming the first black African woman to win a track and field medal at World Champ ...

. She is the founder of the famous high altitude training centre in Iten Kenya. The centre is at 2400 metres high above sea level. Elite athletes and recreational runners from all over the world visit HATC every year for training. She is also the founder of her own African inspired sports brand called ''Lornah''.

Career

Kiplagat was already performing well when she ran for Kenya. She was the first woman to win both the Falmouth Road Race and the

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. As of 2006 she is still the only woman to achieve this, but she achieved it three times in a row (2000, 2001 and 2002) and a fourth time in 2005 as well. Among her other achievements are the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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. In 1999 Kiplagat moved to the Netherlands; four years later she gained Dutch citizenship which allowed her to run for the Netherlands as of 2003. That same year she lowered the Dutch marathon record to 2:23.43 during the

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. She also participated in the

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, where she finished 5th in the

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. The year 2005 was a successful one for Kiplagat: she won a silver medal at the

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then took the title at the

2005 European Cross Country Championships The 12th European Cross Country Championships were held at Tilburg in Netherlands on 11 December 2005. Serhiy Lebid won the men's competition for the sixth time and Lornah Kiplagat won the women's race. Results Men individual 9.84 km Total ...

, feats which led to her begin selected as the Dutch athlete of the year. At the

2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on April 1/2, 2006. The races were held at the Umi-no-nakamichi Seaside Park in Fukuoka, Japan, Japan's National Cross Country Course which is the permanent residence of the annual Fuk ...

she finished second in Japan, winning the silver medal. She also finished fifth in the 10,000m at the

2006 European Athletics Championships The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Champions ...

. She won the 2007 World Cross Country Championships held in

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, Kenya. Earlier, in February 2007, she competed at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships as an invited athlete and won the women's race, ahead of the elite among her former compatriots. In winning these championships, she beat off the entire Ethiopian challenge, of defending champion

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, the previous short course champion

Gelete Burka Gelete Burka Bati (sometimes misspelled ''Burika'', Oromo: Galate Burqaa Baati, Amharic: ገለቴ ቡርቃ; born 23 January 1986) is an Ethiopian middle-distance and long-distance runner. She was born in Kofele in the Arsi Zone of the Oromi ...

, and double bronze medalist from 2006,

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. They finished: Dibaba, 2nd, Melkamu, 3rd, Burka, 4th. Besides the Dutch record for the marathon, Kiplagat also owns four

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. In the 5 km road race she ran the distance in 14:47, while she lowered her own record in the 10 miles of 50.54 by two seconds to 50.50 during the 2006

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, which she also won in 2002. On 14 October 2007, Kiplagat set a new half marathon world record of 1:06:25 at the World Road Running Championships at

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, Italy, while defending the title she first won in 2006. She also smashed her own 20 km world record en route, running 1:02:57. However,

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has run a faster half-marathon on the slightly downhill

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course in 2003. Kiplagat was ruled out for the whole of 2009 and returned to competition with a win at the Runner's World Zandvoort Circuit Run in March 2010. In September, she ran at the Dam tot Damloop and was the runner-up behind her niece Hilda Kibet, finishing with a time of 52:03. She returned to the marathon event for the

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and completed her first race over the distance in four years, coming 18th with a time of 2:27:57 hours. Although she was far from the podium and failed to gain the World Championship qualifying time, she considered the race a success following her previous injury-ridden seasons. She improved at the 2011 Amsterdam Marathon, crossing the line after 2:25:52 hours to claim third place, the Dutch national title, and the

qualifying time. Despite being almost four minutes slower than the winner ( Tiki Gelana), she said: "I am the happiest woman in Amsterdam, and perhaps the whole world". Lornah Kiplagat is the founder of African inspired Sports brand for active women called "Lornah "www.lornahsports.com. She is also the founder of the famous High Altitude Training Centre (HATC) in Iten Kenya, where athletes from all over the World go train..www.lornah.com

Achievements

* Greifenseelauf (1997) *

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(1997, 1998) *

Tilburg Ten Miles Tilburg Ten Miles is an annual road running competition held in Tilburg, Netherlands since 1988. Despite its name, it is a competition only for men, while the women's competition is nowadays held over . Since 2002 the competition has been held ear ...

(1997, 2000, 2004) *

(1999) * City-Pier-City Loop (2000) *

(2000, 2002, 2006) *

(2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006) * Falmouth Road Race (2000, 2001, 2002, 2005) * Glasgow Women's 10K (7 times: 2000–2006)Kiplagat triumphs in record 10k

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(21 May 2006). Retrieved on 19 October 2011. * 20 van Alphen (2001) *

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(2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) *

(2002) *

Egmond Half Marathon The Egmond Half Marathon ( nl, Egmond Halve Marathon) is an annual half marathon race over 21.1 kilometres that has been staged in Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands since 1973. The competition normally takes place in early January. Sections of the road ...

(2003) *

New York Mini 10K The Mastercard New York Mini 10K is an annual 10-kilometer road running competition for women that takes place in Central Park, New York City, in the United States. The race has been organised by New York Road Runners since 1972. The competition ...

(2003, 2005, 2006, 2007) *

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(5th) *

, Edmonton (silver) *

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(gold) *

2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships The 1st IAAF World Road Running Championships were held in Debrecen, Hungary on 8 October 2006, the women's race starting at 11:00 and the men's race at 13:00. This was the first time the title of World Road Running Champion had been competed f ...

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(gold) *

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(long race) (silver) *

2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships The 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships were held in Udine, Italy on 14 October 2007. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given both for the men's race and for the women's race. Medallists Race results ...

(gold) * Beach to Beacon (2005) * Steamboat Classic (2006) * Singelloop Utrecht (2007) *

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(2008)

Personal bests

*5 km road: 14:47 *10 km road: 30:32 *10 Mile: 50:50 *20 km road: 62:57 *Half marathon: 66:25 *Marathon: 2:22:22

References

External links

www.lornahsports.com
Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiplagat, Lornah 1974 births Living people Kenyan female long-distance runners Dutch female long-distance runners Kenyan female marathon runners Dutch female marathon runners Olympic athletes of the Netherlands Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands People from Elgeyo-Marakwet County Dutch people of Kenyan descent Dutch sportspeople of African descent European sportspeople of Kenyan descent World Athletics Cross Country Championships winners World Athletics Half Marathon Championships winners European Cross Country Championships winners Recipients of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races Best Marathon Runner Award