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Hellen Obiri

You don't stop when you are tired, you stop when you have finished.
Nationality: Kenya
Discipline: Marathon/Track & Field
Hometown (city): Kisii, Kenya
Date of Birth:13 December 1989
With Shokz since April, 2024
1. 2024 & 2023 Boston Marathon - Female 1st place
2. 2023 New York City Marathon - Female 1st place
3. 4 times World Champion (5000m in 2017 & 2019, WCC in 2019, World Indoor 3000m in 2012)
4. 2016 & 2021 2 times Olympic Games - Silver
5. 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2014 African Games - Champion
Hellen is one of the best female long distance runners in history.
Hellen is one of the best female long distance runners in history.She has been competing at the top level for over ten years with great success at T&F, Cross Country and Road Running.She is the only woman ever to win World Championships titles Indoors, Outdoors and Cross Country. The Kenyan star currently lives and trains in Boulder, Colorado as part of the ON Athletics Club. She is married to husband Tom and has a daughter called Tania.
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