Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai (born 28 December 1977) is a Kenyan marathon runner.
She started out in cross country running and was fourth in the junior race at the 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, taking the team gold medal with Kenya in a perfect score. She set a course record time of 1:05:28 hours to win the 20 Kilomètres de Paris in 2000.Festou, Michel et al (11 October 2011). Paris 20 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
Her personal best time is 2:25:53 hours, achieved in April 2003 winning the Hamburg Marathon. Her first senior international competition came at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, where she finished ninth for Kenya in the marathon. She also won the 2005 Milan Marathon and 2007 Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon. She represented Kenya in the marathon at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics but finished in 25th position.
She finished second at the 2009 Berlin Half Marathon. She took victory at the Vienna City Marathon, completing the course in a time of 2:31:08. She ran at the Frankfurt Marathon in October 2010, but only managed ninth place. Her two marathon outings of 2011 were a fifth-place finish at the Madrid Marathon and third place at the Baltimore Marathon. She won the Rome City Marathon in 2012.
She has four children with her husband Kenneth Kibet.
Achievements Representing 1994World Junior ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal14th (h)1500m4:23.792000Rome City Marathon Rome, Italy3rdMarathon2:33:472003Hamburg Marathon Hamburg, Germany1stMarathon2:25:532005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland9thMarathon2:26:14Milan MarathonMilan, Italy1stMarathon2:28:492007Rock 'n' Roll San Diego Marathon San Diego, United States1stMarathon2:32:402010Vienna Marathon Vienna, Austria1stMarathon2:31:082012Rome MarathonRome, Italy1stMarathon2:31:112012Gold Coast MarathonGold Coast, Queensland, Australia3rdMarathon2:36:44
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Marathoninfo profile Rosa & Associati profile