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Lornah Kiplagat (born 1 May 1974) is a Dutch professional long-distance runner. She was born in Kabiemit, Rift Valley Province, Kenya[1] and moved to the Netherlands in 1999. She gained Dutch citizenship in 2003 and has competed for the Netherlands ever since.[2] She used to run not only road events but also in cross country and track and field.
She ran at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, was the 2007 gold medallist at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, and took three straight World Road Running Championship titles from 2006 to 2008. In the marathon, she holds a best time of 2:22:22 hours and has won major races in Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Osaka. She currently holds the world road record over 5 kilometres and 10 miles. Her best times over 20 km and the half marathon distance were world records from 2007 to 2011 and remain the second fastest times ever.
Part of a highly successful family of runners, her relatives include Sylvia Kibet, Hilda Kibet and Susan Sirma.[3][4]
She is the founder of the famous high altitude training centre in Iten, Kenya.
The centre is at 2400 metres high above sea level.
Elite athletes and recreational runners from all over the world visit HATC every year for training.
She is also the founder of her own African inspired sports brand called Lornah.
^Knippen, Marco (2008) Lornah Kiplagat – Het meisje van de nacht Uitgeverij Conserve, Schoorl ISBN 978-90-5429-262-3
^Lornah @ Lornah.com
http://Lornahsports.com
Archived 11 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, lornah.com
^Running Times Magazine, May 2006: Lornah – Inventing Herself and a Better World
^Daily Nation, 9 August 2008: Ex-Kenyans seek to outshine ex-country mates in Olympics
LornahKiplagat (born 1 May 1974) is a Dutch professional long-distance runner. She was born in Kabiemit, Rift Valley Province, Kenya and moved to the...
athletes, including Rudisha, and world champions Edna Kiplagat, Florence Kiplagat, LornahKiplagat, Linet Masai, and Mary Keitany have made homes in Iten...
men's course record is 27:01 minutes, set by Rhonex Kipruto in 2019. LornahKiplagat is the women's record holder with her run of 30:32 from 2002. The record...
Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 14 September 2003 London, United States 14:47 LornahKiplagat (NED) 28 March 2004 Brunssum, Netherlands 14:46 Meseret Defar (ETH)...
world record breaker Christa Vahlensieck, world road running champion LornahKiplagat and 1988 Olympic marathon champion Rosa Mota. Past men's winners include...
of Kenyan birth. She is the sister of Sylvia Kibet and the niece of LornahKiplagat. She obtained Dutch nationality in October 2007. Kibet's longtime partner...
championship final tournament for the first time in its history. Born: LornahKiplagat, Kenyan-born Dutch Olympic runner, 2007 cross country world champion;...
1:05:08 Mx (2021). Joan Chelimo also ran 1:05:09 Mx (2021). Florence Jebet Kiplagat also ran 1:05:12 (2014). Mary Jepkosgei Keitany also ran 1:05:13 (2017)...
station. The victory went to Ilyina's friend and first-time marathoner LornahKiplagat. Since 2008, the operating rights to the Los Angeles Marathon are the...
(in Dutch), Het Parool, 5 May 1990. Retrieved 8 October 2023. "Blom en Kiplagat atleten van het jaar" (in Dutch), NU.nl, 7 January 2006. Retrieved 8 October...
recognise Kiplagat's run due to it being recorded en route to a longer distance. The ARRS-recognised world record is 1:03:21 by LornahKiplagat of the Netherlands...
including Saif Saaeed Shaheen (born Stephen Cherono), Vivian Cheruiyot and LornahKiplagat. The world record marathon holder, Kelvin Kiptum, was also from the...
model April 29 – Anggun, Indonesian-French singer-songwriter May 1 – LornahKiplagat, Kenyan-Dutch runner May 2 – Matt Berry, English actor and singer May...
5-kilometre road running competition. The 2010 edition of the race attracted LornahKiplagat, a multiple world champion, who won the ladies 5 km race. The Cycling...
following in the footsteps of fellow African migrants Hilda Kibet and LornahKiplagat. Hassan won her heat in the 1500 m in the 2016 Rio Olympics in 4:06...
medal at the World Road Running Championships, finishing second to LornahKiplagat who broke the world record. After a year out due to pregnancy, she...
Others to have been nominated as AIMS World Athlete of the Year are LornahKiplagat, Uta Pippig, Khalid Khannouchi and Catherine Ndereba. The award is...
reward for Kiplagat's duel with Tomescu – Women's 20km, Debrecen 2006, IAAF, retrieved September 10, 2013 IAAF to award WR bonus to Kiplagat, IAAF, October...
2005. Serhiy Lebid won the men's competition for the sixth time and LornahKiplagat won the women's race. Total 90 competitors Total 15 teams Total 74...
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