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Isabella Ochichi is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. She won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, becoming the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the event. She also won the silver medal in the 5000 metres at the same Olympics. Ochichi was born in Eldoret, Kenya, on 28 October 1979. She began her running career in 1998, and won the Kenyan 10,000 metres title in 2002. She won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, and the gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2004 African Championships in Athletics. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Ochichi won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres, becoming the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the event. She also won the silver medal in the 5000 metres. Ochichi has also won several other medals at international competitions, including the gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, and the gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Ochichi is married to fellow Kenyan long-distance runner, Paul Koech, and they have two children. She is currently a member of the Kenyan national athletics team.

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Age 44 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 28 October, 1979
Birthday 28 October
Birthplace Kenya
Nationality Kenya

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2006

In March 2006 she won the same distance at the Commonwealth Games. In April the same year she won the silver medal in the team competition at the World Cross Country Championships, having finished 10th in the short race, a distance in which she won bronze medals in 2002 and 2005.

Although at the peak of her career, Ochichi stopped running professionally in 2006. She returned to competition seven years later in 2013. On her comeback race at the Prague Half Marathon she placed third with a time of 1:09:21 hours (one of her fastest times). She remarked, "After all these years I am very happy to be here. I expected to run well, but I did not think about achieving a third place". She won the Göteborgsvarvet half marathon in May. A debut over the marathon distance followed that October and she managed to take fifth place at the high profile Amsterdam Marathon, setting her personal best at 2:31:38 hours.

1997

In 1997, aged 17, she competed in France for her first overseas races. She was selected to represent Kenya at the 2001 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, where she finished eight. She competed at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships between 2002 and 2006, the best result being short race bronze medals in 2002 and 2005.

1979

Isabella Bosibori Ochichi (born October 28, 1979 in Kisii District) from Kenya was the silver medal winner in the final of the women's 5,000 meter race at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece. She finished in a time of 14:48.19, about 2.5 seconds behind the winner, Meseret Defar of Ethiopia.

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