Pauline Njeri Kahenya

Pauline Njeri Kahenya
Kaheny at the 2012 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Kavarna, Dobrich, Bulgaria
Personal information
National teamKenya
Born (1985-07-28) July 28, 1985
Kiambu, Kenya

Pauline Njeri Kahenya (born 28 July 1985) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She specialises in road races. She has won events including the Lidingöloppet; Albacete Half Marathon; Udine Half Marathon; Paris Half Marathon, where she also set a course record in 2012; Stramilano Half-Marathon and Buriram Marathon. She has also placed highly at the Hamburg Alsterlauf; Lisbon Half Marathon and Lattelecom Riga Marathon.

Career

In 2008, Kahenya finished second at the Hamburg Alsterlauf in Germany and seventh at the Delhi Half Marathon in India with a time of 1:10:23.[1] She won the cross country race Lidingöloppet in Lidingö, Sweden with a time of 34:16.[1]

In 2010, Kahenya won the sixth stage of the International Chiba Ekiden's Hanji Aoki Cup race at a time of 23:20.

In 2011, Kahenya finished fourth in the Lisbon Half Marathon with a time of 1:08:55; won the Albacete Half Marathon in Spain with a time of 1:11:11; and won the Udine Half Marathon in Italy with a time of 1:10:4.[1] She also came fourth in the 10,000 metres at the All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique.[1]

Kahenya was a member of the Kenyan women's half marathon team at the 2012 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Kavarna, Bulgaria, where the team won the silver medal with a time of 3:28:39.[2][3] She came sixth in the individual women's half marathon event with a time of 1:10:22,[4][5] initially in the breakaway pack but dropping back in the 42nd minute.[6] Also in 2012, Kahenya won and set a course record at the Paris Half Marathon in France with a time of 1:07:55, then won the Pune Half Marathon in India with a time of 1:08:37.[1][7]

On 23 March 2013, Kahenya won the 42nd Stramilano Half-Marathon in Milan, Italy,[8] after breaking away from Hellen Jepkurgat in the final kilometre.[9][10][11] Later that year, she was given a one year ban until 21 April 2014, after an anti-doping violation for Prednisone and Prednisolone in accordance with World Athletics rules.[12][13][14]

On 20 May 2018, Kahenya came third at the Lattelecom Riga Marathon in Riga, Latvia, finishing behind Georgina Jepkirui Rono and Tigist Teshome Ayanu, with a time of 2:34:41.[15][16][17]

In February 2019, Kahenya won the Buriram Marathon in Thailand, with a time of 2:38:38.[18][19][20] In 2020, Kahenya came third in the Sofia Marathon in Sofia, Bulgaria.[21]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Pauline Njeri KAHENYA". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  2. ^ IAAF World Half Marathon Championships – Kavarna (BUL) – 6 October 2012 – Team Standings – Half Marathon Women Archived 30 November 2024 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 14 July 2025.
  3. ^ "IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Athletics 2012 - Results Women". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Beszámolók és versenyeredmények - Kavarna félmaraton VB, Budapest, Brüsszel és Kassa maratonok". Futas.net. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  5. ^ "IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Athletics 2012 - Results Women". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Meseret Hailu surprises in Kavarna - Women's World Half Marathon Championships". The Habesha. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  7. ^ Omogbeja, Yomi. "African Athletics Magazine". 2011/13 Edition - AthleticsAfrica. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Half Marathon Story". Stramilano 23/03/2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Limo and Kahenya win on rainy day in Milan". World Athletics. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  10. ^ Koech, Gilbert. "Triumph: Kenyans rule the roost in Milan race". The Standard. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Risultati, classifiche, classifica, ordine d'arrivo, diretta e foto della Stramilano del 24 marzo 2013". Marathonworld.it (in Italian). 24 March 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  12. ^ Ingle, Sean (30 October 2013). "Kenya's Matthews Kisorio doped because he 'wasn't the only one'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Athletes currently suspended from all competitions in athletics following an Anti-Doping Rule Violation as at: 30.04.14". World Athletics. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  14. ^ O'Riordan, Ian. "Dark cloud of doping hanging over Kenyan athletics". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  15. ^ "Ethiopian and Kenyan win record-breaking Rīga marathon". eng.lsm.lv. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  16. ^ "Records fall at Riga Marathon". World Athletics. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  17. ^ Kofler, Thomas (23 May 2018). "Streckenrekord bei Riga Marathon". Run Austria (in Austrian German). Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  18. ^ "Kenyans dominate Buriram Marathon". Nation Thailand. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  19. ^ "Results 2019: Buriram Marathon News". Ahotu. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  20. ^ "Buriram Marathon : Armon Kemei et Pauline Njeri Kahenya victorieux". MARATHONS.FR (in French). 11 February 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  21. ^ Sabuni, Khwa (10 October 2022). "Cheboi win as Serem comes second at Sofia marathon". Daily Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
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