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Agnes Jepkemboi Kiprop (born 14 January 1980) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in marathon events. Initially a cross country specialist, she has focused on marathons since 2008 and has won races in Reims, Turin, Frankfurt and Prague. She holds a personal best of 2:23:54 hours for the event. ==Biography== Born in Marakwet, Kenya,〔(Agnes Kiprop ). John Hancock/Boston Marathon. Retrieved on 2011-04-15.〕 her international debut came as a junior runner at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where she was one of six Kenyan youngsters in the top ten of the junior women's race.〔(Cross Junior Women - 23-03-97 11:15 ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-14.〕 She featured again on the team at the 1998 edition, having won the junior trials,〔Butler, Mark (1998). (RACE BY RACE PREVIEWS ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-15.〕 and she came seventh to help Kenya to the team silver medal.〔(Official Results - CROSS JUNIOR Women ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-14.〕 She was the winner of the 1999 Kenyan National Cross Country Championships in Nairobi.〔(Koech outkicks Tergat to win in Nairobi stage of IAAF Cross Challenge ). IAAF (1999-02-27). Retrieved on 2011-04-15.〕 She failed to take this domestic form to the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, however, as she was the fifth Kenyan finisher and placed 16th overall in the women's long race.〔(Official Results - CROSS LONG RACE Women ). IAAF (1999-03-27). Retrieved on 2011-04-15.〕 She took a career break from running in order to start a family and she had her second child in 2007.〔 Kiprop re-emerged as an elite senior marathon runner in 2008 and claimed victory on her debut at the Reims Marathon with a time of 2:32:37 hours.〔(Kiprop Agnes ). Marathon Info. Retrieved on 2011-04-14.〕 She also won domestically that year, taking the Baringo Half Marathon title in December.〔Macharia, David (2008-12-06). (Loritam and Kiprop take Baringo road race titles ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-14.〕 The following April she greatly improved her marathon best with a win at the Turin Marathon, where she completed a solo run to set a 2:26:22 course record time.〔Sampaolo, Diego (2009-04-09). (Kenyan double - 2:09 and 2:26 - at Turin Marathon ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-14.〕 She took a second win in the city that year at the Turin Half Marathon in September.〔Pairin, Alessandra Ramella (2009-09-22). (Komen and Kiprop secure double success for Kenya at Turin Half Marathon ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-15.〕 This served as preparation for the Frankfurt Marathon, where she posted a time of 2:26:57 hours to win the race, having almost a minute as a margin of victory over Hellen Kimutai.〔Butcher, Pat (2009-10-25). (Kirwa breaks course record with 2:06:14 in Frankfurt ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-15.〕 She defended her title in Baringo at the end of the year, completing a year-long undefeated streak.〔Macharia, David (2009-12-20). (Teenager Ndiema surprises with Baringo Half Marathon victory ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-12-22.〕 Her 2010 season began at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon. She improved her best for the distance to 1:08:48 hours, but this was only enough for eighth at the high calibre race.〔(2010 RAK Half Marathon ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-15.〕 Entering the 2010 Boston Marathon in April, she failed to win her fourth consecutive race and was far from her best with an eleventh place finish.〔Morse, Parker (2010-04-19). (Cheruiyot smashes Boston record with 2:05:52 sizzler - Boston Marathon report ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-15.〕 She returned to defend her title at the Frankfurt Marathon and, in spite of a personal best run of 2:24:07, she came third behind Caroline Kilel and Dire Tune.〔Edwards, Andy (2010-10-31). (Fast Kenyan double in Frankfurt; 2:04:57 and 2:23:25 ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-15.〕 She started her next season again at the Ras Al Khaimah race and improved to fifth place.〔Hutchings, Tim (2011-02-18). (Keitany smashes Half Marathon World record in Ras Al Khaimah - UPDATED ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-15.〕 She claimed the runner-up spot at the Paris Marathon two months later.〔Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2011-04-10). (Fast Kenyan sweep by Kiptoo and Jeptoo at Paris Marathon ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-14.〕 The 2011 Frankfurt Marathon saw her set a new personal best of 2:23:54 hours and she took second place behind Mamitu Daska.〔Butcher, Pat (2012-10-30). (Kipsang tantalises with 2:03:42 World record assault in Frankfurt ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-19.〕 She knocked a minute off her best at the Roma-Ostia Half Marathon in February 2012 and her time of 1:07:22 hours brought her second place behind Florence Kiplagat.〔Sampaolo, Diego (2012-02-26). (Kiplagat sizzles sub-1:07 at Roma-Ostia Half ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-14.〕 She dropped out of the 2012 Boston Marathon due to a bout of typhoid but was the surprise winner of the Prague International Marathon soon after, outrunning her more favoured training partner Lydia Cheromei.〔Edwards, Andy (2012-05-13). (Kiprop dashes Cheromei’s hopes while Chimsa lives up to expectations in Prague ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-15.〕 She returned to the Roma-Ostia race in 2013 and was runner-up again, this time to Filomena Cheyech.〔Sampaolo, Diego (2013-03-03). (Kiprop and Cheyech triumph in Roma-Ostia Half ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-04.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Agnes Kiprop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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