Pauline Kaveke Kamulu

Pauline Kaveke Kamulu (born 30 December 1994) is a Kenyan female long-distance runner who competes in track, road and cross country running disciplines. She was a medalist at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2018.

Raised in Machakos County, Kamulu won the Pune Half Marathon at the age of seventeen, setting a course record of 1:08:37 hours. Kamulu made her international debut as a junior at the World Cross Country Championships where she finished in eleventh place and was a non-point scorer on the winning Kenyan junior women's team. Following this she began to compete in Japan and ran with the Route Inn Hotels corporate running team. After a quiet 2016 she set a series of personal bests in 2017, including 1:08:04 hours for the half marathon, 8:48.27 in the 3000 metres, 14:58.82 in the 5000 m and 31:47.13 for the 10,000 metres.

Kamulu began 2018 with a win at the All-Japan Corporate Half Marathon Championships. She earned her first senior national selection in that event, being part of the Kenyan women's team at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Kamulu established herself among the world's top runners at that competition with a personal best of 1:06:56 hours bringing her a bronze medal and a team silver medal alongside teammates Joyciline Jepkosgei and Ruth Chepngetich.

International competitions

National titles All-Japan Corporate Half Marathon Championships: 2018