Irene Kimais

Irine Jepchumba Kimais (born 10 October 1998) is a Kenyan long-distance runner.

Career Running for the Kenyan Defence Force, she ran 32:23.11 to qualify for the 2019 African Games in the 10,000m in Rabat in August 2019. In March 2022, she won the half marathon in Rome, running 1:06:03, the fastest half marathon ever ran on Italian soil by a woman. In August 2022, she won the Buenos Aires half marathon.

In February 2023, she set a new half marathon personal best, running 1:04:37 in Barcelona to set a new course record. She then won the half marathon in Prague in April 2023, running 1:06:00. She also set a new 10 km personal best, when she ran 30:23 in Herzogenaurach, Germany in April 2023.

In June 2023 she won the Kenyan national title over 10,000 metres in Nairobi. She was subsequently selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.