Eunice Chumba

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Eunice Chumba
Personal information
Full nameEunice Chebichii Chumba
NationalityBahraini
Born (1993-05-23) 23 May 1993 (age 32)
Uasin Gishu, Kenya[1]
Height1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight46 kg (101 lb)
Sport
CountryBahrain
SportAthletics
Event(s)
Marathon, Cross country running, 10,000 metres
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
World Half Marathon Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Valencia Team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta 10,000 m
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Wuhan 10,000 m
Arab Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Isa Town 10,000 m
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuhan Marathon
World Cross Country Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kampala Senior team
Asian Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Manama Senior race

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.

Biography

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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

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