Violah Jepchumba (born 23 October 1990) is a Kenyan-born Bahraini

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distance. She is the current Asian Record holder in the half-marathon (established 1 April 2017) with a winning time of 1:05:22. In 2016, at Praha, she ran a personal best of 1:05:51, which then ranked her as the third fastest woman ever. She began competing internationally in 2014 and was runner-up in her first European outing at the Parelloop. 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. In the 2015 season she improved her half marathon best to 1:11:46 at the Göteborgsvarvet, was runner-up at the Kärnten Läuft, then won the Udine Half Marathon in a new best of 1:09:29.Viola Chepchumba

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. Retrieved on 3 April 2016. Jepchumba raised her status with a win at the Discovery Kenya Cross Country in January 2016, beating athletes including world medallists

Helah Kiprop Helah Kiprop Jelagat (born 7 April 1985) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes in the half marathon and marathon. Her personal bests for the events are 1:07:39 minutes and 2:21:27 hours, respectively. She has won the Be ...

and Hyvin Kiyeng, and elite marathon runner Jemima Sumgong. She entered the Prague Half Marathon and delivered far beyond expectations with a winning time of 1:05:51. This was the fourth fastest time ever recorded for the distance. Only Florence Jebet Kiplagat and Mary Jepkosgei Keitany had run faster at that point. She extended her win streak at the Istanbul Half Marathon later that month. She tested positive for

erythropoietin Erythropoietin (; EPO), also known as erythropoetin, haematopoietin, or haemopoietin, is a glycoprotein cytokine secreted mainly by the kidneys in response to cellular hypoxia; it stimulates red blood cell production ( erythropoiesis) in th ...

(EPO) in drug tests in August and September 2017 and received a four-year ban for doping.Sabuni Khwa Sabuni (5 September 2018)
Viola Jepchumba banned for using EPO
''Daily Sport'' (Kenya). Retrieved 2020-05-25.

Circuit wins

* Istanbul Half Marathon: 2016 – 1st place; time 1:08:18 * Prague Half Marathon: 2016 – 1st place; time 1:05:22 * Göteborgsvarvet Half Marathon: 2016 – 1st place; time 1:08:01 * Discovery Kenya Cross Country: 2016 – 1st place; time (unknown) * Udine Half Marathon: 2015 – 1st place; time 1:09:29 *Laayoune Half Marathon: 2015 – 1st place; time 1:12:35 *Casablanca Memorial Rahal 10K: 2015– 1st place; time 32:09 * Route du Vin Half Marathon: 2014 – 1st place; time 1:13:20 * Paderborner Osterlauf 10K: 2014 – 1st place; time 32:21

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jepchumba, Violah Living people 1990 births Kenyan female long-distance runners Kenyan female cross country runners Bahraini female long-distance runners Kenyan sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics Kenyan emigrants to Bahrain Naturalized citizens of Bahrain Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Bahrain Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) 21st-century Kenyan sportswomen

Circuit wins

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