Anitha Jepchumba Kiptum

Anitha Jepchumba Kiptum (born 16 February 1981) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She started competing professionally with IAAF in 1998 when she participated in the 1500 metres female competition in Nairobi on May 10, 1998. She won that race with a time of 4 minutes and 19.2 seconds, and later went on to participate in the 800 metres female outdoor competition in Kampala, Uganda, on 19 July of that year. She won that race with a finishing time of 2 minutes and 7.9 seconds. This marked her significant shift from the shorter races to longer races. Overall, in 2008, she participated in five 10 kilometre races and won two of them. The first was the Oelder Sparkassen-City-Lauf competition, which she finished in 33 minutes and 11 seconds, whereas the second was Hamburg Alsterlauf competition, both of which were in Germany. She injured herself just before finishing a race in the Great Eastern Women in Singapore in 2008 in which she had a comfortable lead. This forced her to stumble through the finished line, and she was quickly taken away for medical attention soon thereafter. Nevertheless, she won this race ahead of Suzy Walsham and Fridah Chepkite Lodepa from Kenya

In 2009, Anitha ran two races within the 10 kilometre category. Her first race was in Brunssum Parelloop, The Netherlands, where she placed 3rd in a time of 33 minutes and 29 seconds, and her second was in Paderborn Internationaler Osterlauf, Germany, where she placed 9th in 35 minutes and 9 seconds. When she took to the tracks again on 21 March 2009, Anitha finished 4th in 53 minutes and 43 seconds at the Kerzers Lauf competitions in Switzerland.

Half marathon and marathon On September 28, 2008, Anitha took part in the Remich Route du Vin half marathon in Luxembourg, where she placed second and recorded a time of 1:12:53.

After another break from professional competitions, Anitha returned in 2018 to take part in the Singapore Standard Chartered Marathon. She finished tenth in a time of 2 hours, 44 minutes and 33 seconds, creating a personal best.