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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 (age 41)
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

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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.[citation needed]

In 2011, Kahenya finished fourth in the Lisbon Half Marathon with a time of 1:08:55;[1] won the Albacete Half Marathon in Spain with a time of 1:11:11;[2] 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] and competed at the International Chiba Ekiden in Chiba, Japan.[3] Kahenya won the women's 8km race at the Kenya Police Cross Country Championship at the Ngong Race Course in Nairobi, beating New York Marathon champion Edna Kiplagat with a tme of 29:01:02.[4][5]

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.[6][7] She came sixth in the individual women's half marathon event at the Championships with a time of 1:10:22,[8][9] initially in the breakaway pack with Paskalia Chepkorir Kipkoech and Lydia Cheromei,[10] but dropping back in the 42nd minute.[11] Also in 2012, Kahenya won and set a course record at the Paris Half Marathon in France with a time of 1:07:55.[12][13][14] She then won the Pune Half Marathon in India with a time of 1:08:37.[1]

On 23 March 2013, Kahenya won the 42nd Stramilano Half-Marathon in Milan, Italy,[15] after breaking away from Hellen Jepkurgat in the final kilometre.[16][17][18] 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.[19][20][21]

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.[22][23][24] In June 2018, she competed at the Safaricom Lewa Half Marathon at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya.[25]

In February 2019, Kahenya won the Buriram Marathon in Thailand, with a time of 2:38:36.[26][27][28] In December 2019, she placed ninth in the Macau Marathon in China with a time of 2:41:13.[29] She also competed at the Falmouth Road Race in Massachusetts, United States, in 2019.[30]

In 2020, Kahenya came third in the Sofia Marathon in Sofia, Bulgaria.[31] She returned to the Sofia Marathon in October 2022, again placing third,[32][33][34] with a time of 3:00:37.[35]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Pauline Njeri KAHENYA". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Medio Maratón de Albacete (Esp)". Soy Maratonista (in European Spanish). 9 May 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  3. ↑ Larner, Brett (23 October 2011). "Kenya Over Japan As Both Break International Chiba Ekiden Course Record". Japan Running News. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  4. ↑ Amin, Mohammed (4 July 2020) [2011-01-15]. "Kiplagat arrested at Ngong". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Mutai and Njeri outclass police colleagues | News | Punta Umbría 2011 | World Athletics Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Athletics 2012 - Results Women". The-sports.org. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Beszámolók és versenyeredmények - Kavarna félmaraton VB, Budapest, Brüsszel és Kassa maratonok". Futas.net (in Hungarian). Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Athletics 2012 - Results Women". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "October 2012 AIMS Results". aims-worldrunning.org. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  11. ↑ "Meseret Hailu surprises in Kavarna - Women's World Half Marathon Championships". The Habesha. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "Half Marathon - women - senior - all - 2012". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  13. ↑ "World Half Marathon Championships tomorrow in Kavarna, Bulgaria". SKI in Bulgaria. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  14. ↑ Omogbeja, Yomi. "African Athletics Magazine". 2011/13 Edition - AthleticsAfrica. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  15. ↑ "Half Marathon Story". Stramilano 23/03/2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  16. ↑ "Limo and Kahenya win on rainy day in Milan". World Athletics. 24 March 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  17. ↑ Koech, Gilbert. "Triumph: Kenyans rule the roost in Milan race". The Standard. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  18. ↑ "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.
  19. ↑ 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.
  20. ↑ "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.
  21. ↑ O'Riordan, Ian. "Dark cloud of doping hanging over Kenyan athletics". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  22. ↑ "Ethiopian and Kenyan win record-breaking Rīga marathon". Latvian Public Media. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  23. ↑ "Records fall at Riga Marathon". World Athletics. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  24. ↑ Kofler, Thomas (23 May 2018). "Streckenrekord bei Riga Marathon". Run Austria (in Austrian German). Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  25. ↑ "Safaricom Lewa Half Marathon, Lewa Downs, Kenya" (PDF). Lewa Safaricom Marathon. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  26. ↑ "Kenyans dominate Buriram Marathon". Nation Thailand. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  27. ↑ "Results 2019: Buriram Marathon News". Ahotu. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  28. ↑ "Buriram Marathon : Armon Kemei et Pauline Njeri Kahenya victorieux". MARATHONS.FR (in French). 11 February 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  29. ↑ "Macau Marathon 2019". Marathonview. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  30. ↑ "Falmouth Road Race 2019". calameo.com. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  31. ↑ Sabuni, Khwa (10 October 2022). "Cheboi win as Serem comes second at Sofia marathon". Daily Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  32. ↑ "Wizz Air Sofia Marathon Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  33. ↑ Sabuni, Sabuni Khwa (10 October 2022). "Cheboi win as Serem comes second at Sofia marathon". Daily Sport Kenya. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  34. ↑ MASAITI, Amira EL (10 October 2022). "Moroccan athlete Mohamed Chaaboud wins Wizz Air Sofia 2022 Marathon". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  35. ↑ ZIKPI, Alfred (9 October 2022). "Marathon de Sofia 2022 : Le Marocain Mohamed Chaaboud est le grand vainqueur". Africa Top Sports (in French). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
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