Eunice Chumba


Eunice Chebichii Chumba is a Kenyan born Bahraini female long distance runner as well as a cross country runner who has represented Bahrain after her switch from Kenya in several international sport events including Asian Games, Asian Athletics Championships, Asian Cross Country Championships. She is currently ranked as 13th all time best runner in half marathon history with a record timing of 1:06:11 which she achieved on 17 September 2017 during the Copenhagen Half Marathon.

Biography

Eunice Chumba was born and raised in Kenya before moving to Bahrain in 2014. She settled in Bahrain and was motivated by her father to represent Bahrain in athletics at international arena.

Career

She claimed her first athletics senior gold medal in Manama at the 2016 Asian Cross Country Championships. Eunice achieved gold medal at the 2017 Copenhagen Half Marathon with establishing a new Copenhagen Half Marathon record among women by finishing with a record time of 1:06:11. She also set a new Beirut Marathon record among women in 2017 with a record finish of 2:28:43 and eventually secured a gold medal in the event.
Eunice Chumba claimed her first Asian Games medal, silver in the women's 10,000 m event representing Bahrain at the 2018 Asian Games.