Peres Jepchirchir

Peres Jepchirchir is a Kenyan road-distance runner specializing in the marathon and half marathon. She won the Olympic women's marathon at Tokyo 2020, became world marathon champion in 2025 and has won three individual global half-marathon titles.

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About Peres Jepchirchir

Profile information current to 2026-08-19.

Kenya · Road-distance runner, Marathon runner

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Known for: Women's marathon; Women's half marathon
Country: Kenya

Road-distance runner
Marathon runner

At a glance

Jepchirchir won the Tokyo 2020 Olympic women's marathon in 2:27:20.
She won the women's marathon at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in 2:24:43.
She won individual global half-marathon titles in Cardiff in 2016, Gdynia in 2020 and Riga in 2023.
Her major city-marathon victories include New York in 2021, Boston in 2022 and London in 2024, where her 2:16:16 performance was ratified as the women's-only world marathon record.

Athletic profile

World Athletics identifies Jepchirchir as a Kenyan athlete and lists the marathon and half marathon among her disciplines. It gives her date of birth as 27 September 1993. Her international record spans championship road races and major city marathons.

Global championship record

Jepchirchir won the world half-marathon title in Cardiff in 2016 and again in Gdynia in 2020, where her 1:05:16 was recorded as a women-only world record. She became Olympic marathon champion at Tokyo 2020, added another global half-marathon title at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga, and won the world marathon title in Tokyo in 2025. Between her two Olympic marathon appearances, she placed 14th at the Paris 2024 Games.

Major marathons and record performances

After her Olympic victory, Jepchirchir won the 2021 New York City Marathon and the 2022 Boston Marathon. She won the 2024 London Marathon in 2:16:16, a performance later ratified as the women's-only world marathon record. That record was subsequently surpassed in 2025, illustrating the importance of distinguishing women-only records from performances set in mixed-gender races.

Timeline

2016-03-26 Won the women's half marathon at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff in 1:07:31.
2020-10-17 Won the women's half marathon at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia in 1:05:16, recorded as a women-only world record.
2021-08-07 Won Olympic gold in the women's marathon in 2:27:20.
2021-11-07 Won the 2021 TCS New York City Marathon women's open division in 2:22:39.
2022-04-18 Won the 2022 Boston Marathon women's race in 2:21:01.
2023-10-01 Won the women's half marathon at the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga in 1:07:25.
2024-04-21 Won the London Marathon in 2:16:16; World Athletics subsequently ratified the performance as the women's-only world marathon record.
2024-08-11 Placed 14th in the women's marathon at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in 2:26:51.
2025-09-14 Won the women's marathon at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in 2:24:43.

Additional verified details

Current context

World Athletics displayed Jepchirchir as ranked No. 4 in the women's marathon. World rankings are dynamic and should be rechecked immediately before publication.
World Athletics identified Jepchirchir as a world-record holder and displayed a half-marathon world-record designation on her athlete profile. The designation is time-sensitive, and record categories distinguish women-only races from mixed-gender races.
World Athletics listed Jepchirchir's marathon personal best as 2:14:43. Personal-best listings may change if performances are later amended or ratified differently.
Jepchirchir's 2:16:16 women-only marathon record from London on 21 April 2024 had been superseded by Tigist Assefa's 2:15:50 on 27 April 2025.

Biographical facts

World Athletics lists her date of birth as 27 September 1993.
World Athletics identifies Jepchirchir as representing Kenya and lists the marathon and half marathon among her disciplines.