Sarah Chepchirchir

Chepchirchir was in the top two of all her French road races in 2011, including victories at the Le Puy-en-Velay 15K and the Humarathon (where she ran a course record and personal best of 68:07 minutes). In her second international outing for Kenya she placed fifth at the 2011 All-Africa Games half marathon. In 2012, she ran two sub-70-minute half marathons but this was only enough for third in Paris and fifth in Lille. She claimed the course record at the 2013 Paris 20K with a run of 1:05:03 hours, and also won the Ndakaini Marathon in Kenya.

In the 2010 season she was in the top three at the Corrida de Langueux, Maroilles 20K and Lille Half Marathon – at the latter she ran a personal best time of 69:27 minutes. This helped her earn her first international selection: at the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships she placed eleventh. She topped the podium at the Auray-Vannes and Boulogne-Billancourt Half Marathons that year.

She started her professional career by running in races in France. In 2008, she had top three finishes in the Saint-Pol, Auray-Vannes and Le Lion Half Marathons. She made her impact on the scene in 2009, winning the Maroilles 20K and Auray-Vannes Half Marathon. A runner-up finish at the Course Paris-Versailles, a third place at the 20 Kilomètres de Paris, then a personal best of 71:54 minutes at the Reims à Toutes Jambes half marathon cemented her place among the country's top road runners.

Sarah Chepchirchir (born 27 July 1984 in Nandi County) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in road running competitions in distances ranging from 10K runs to the half marathon.