Eunice Chebichii Chumba (born 23 May 1993) is a Kenyan born Bahraini female long distance runner as well as a cross country runner who has represented Bahrain after her switch from Kenya in several international sport events including

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Asian Cross Country Championships The Asian Cross Country Championships is a biennial regional cross country running competition for athletes from Asia. It is organised by the Asian Athletics Association and was first held in 1991 in Fukuoka, Japan. The competition has been held ...

. She is currently ranked as 13th all time best runner in

half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcu ...

history with a record timing of 1:06:11 which she achieved on 17 September 2017 during the

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. 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 Bahrain in athletics at international arena. She claimed her first athletics senior gold medal in

Manama Manama ( ar, المنامة ', Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 200,000 people as of 2020. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is home to a very d ...

at the

2016 Asian Cross Country Championships The 13th Asian Cross Country Championships took place on February 29, 2016 in Manama, Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situat ...

. Eunice achieved gold medal at the 2017 Copenhagen Half Marathon with establishing a new Copenhagen Half Marathon record among women by finishing with a record time of 1:06:11. She also set a new

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record among women in 2017 with a record finish of 2:28:43 and eventually secured a gold medal in the event. Eunice Chumba claimed her first

medal, silver in the women's 10,000 m event representing

Bahrain at the 2018 Asian Games Bahrain participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Bahrain first competed at the Asian Games in 1982 Delhi, and has collected 58 medals in all - 25 gold, 17 silver, and 16 bronze ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chumba, Eunice 1993 births Living people Kenyan emigrants to Bahrain Naturalized citizens of Bahrain Bahraini female long-distance runners Bahraini female marathon runners Bahraini female cross country runners Asian Games silver medalists for Bahrain Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Cross Country Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Bahrain