Pauline Kaveke Kamulu (born 30 December 1994) is a Kenyan female long-distance runner who competes in track, road and cross country running disciplines. She was a medalist at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2018.
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  Kenya
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| IAAF World Half Marathon Championships | ||
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2018 Valencia | Individual |
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2018 Valencia | Team |
Raised in Machakos County,[1] Kamulu won the Pune Half Marathon at the age of seventeen, setting a course record of 1:08:37 hours.[2] Kamulu made her international debut as a junior at the World Cross Country Championships where she finished in eleventh place and was a non-point scorer on the winning Kenyan junior women's team.[3] Following this she began to compete in Japan and ran with the Route Inn Hotels corporate running team.[1] She won the 5000 metres at the Noboeka Golden Games in 2014 and was tenth over that distance at the All-Japan Corporate Track and Field Championships later that year. She ran at the 2014 and 2015 All-Japan Women's Corporate Ekiden Championships. She showed an aptitude for longer distances with third place at the 2015 Sanyo Women's Half Marathon.[4] After a quiet 2016 she set a series of personal bests in 2017, including 1:08:04 hours for the half marathon, 8:48.27 in the 3000 metres, 14:58.82 in the 5000 m and 31:47.13 for the 10,000 metres.[3] Her half marathon time came from a victory at the Sanyo race in Okayama and this was a new race record.[5]
Kamulu began 2018 with a win at the All-Japan Corporate Half Marathon Championships.[6] She earned her first senior national selection in that event, being part of the Kenyan women's team at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.[7] Kamulu established herself among the world's top runners at that competition with a personal best of 1:06:56 hours bringing her a bronze medal and a team silver medal alongside teammates Joyciline Jepkosgei and Ruth Chepngetich.[8]
International competitions
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | World Cross Country Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 11th | Junior race | 18:43 |
| 2018 | World Half Marathon Championships | Valencia, Spain | 3rd | Half marathon | 1:06:56 |
| 2nd | Team | 3:23:02 |
National titles
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Pauline Kamulu. Route Inn Hotels. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ December 2012 Results. AIMS Running. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ a b Pauline Kaveke Kamulu. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ Pauline Kamulu. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
- ^ Larner, Brett (2017-12-23). Kamulu Breaks Sanyo Ladies Half Marathon Course Record. Japan Running News. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ Yamazaki, Ndirangu, Kamulu and Shitara Top Weekend Road Racing Action – Brett Larner – Japan Running News. German Road Races (2018-02-03). Retrieved 2018-02-26.
- ^ Kamworor and Jepkosgei lead Kenyan team for IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018. IAAF (2018-01-17). Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ Minshull, Phil (2018-03-24). Gudeta shatters world half marathon record in Valencia. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
