Caroline Kilel Home: Bomet, Kenya Bib: #F7 Pronunciation: Ca-row-line Kee-lel Birthdate: 21 March 1981 Personal Best: 2:22:34 (Frankfurt, 2013)

World Marathon Majors:

24Feb13	Tokyo Marathon	21st	2:47:08
16Apr12	Boston Marathon	DNF
06Nov11	ING New York City Marathon	6th	2:25:57
18Apr11	Boston Marathon	1st	2:22:36

Additional Marathon Highlights:

27Oct13	BMW Frankfurt Marathon	1st	2:22:34
16Dec12	Taipei Fubon International Marathon	1st	2:30:19
31Oct10	Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon	1st	2:23:25
21Mar10	Seoul International Marathon	3rd	2:26:58
25Oct09	Ljubljana Marathon	1st	2:25:24 CR
08Mar09	Nagoya Women’s Marathon	9th	2:31:42
21Dec08	ING Taipei International Marathon	1st	2:30:44
18Mar07	Seoul International Marathon	7th	2:35:01
30Oct06	Dublin Marathon	4th	2:33:34
14May06	Prague International Marathon	3rd	2:31:10
21Oct05	Nairobi Marathon	1st	2:36:08
24Apr05	Hamburg Marathon	7th	2:34:08
21Nov04	Palermo Marathon	1st	2:31:15
22May04	Prague International Marathon	2nd	2:32:52
26Oct03	Venice Marathon	2nd	2:30:22

Career Notes:

Caroline Kilel has returned to form after posting a new personal best with her win in Frankfurt last year. At the 2011 Boston Marathon, Kilel traded the lead with American Desiree Davila Linden several times down the finishing stretch of Boylston Street. Kilel ultimately triumphed by two seconds over Davila for the 2:22:36 win, before collapsing in exhaustion. Kilel and Davila now respectively hold the fourth and fifth fastest times ever run on the Boston course. Kilel has eight career marathon wins during her decade long career.

Personal Notes:

Kilel represented Kenya at the 2003 World Cross Country Championships and the 2005 and 2009 World Half Marathon Championships. She trains in Kericho where she lives with her husband Vincent Kipkemoi, also a runner, and their son Trevis Kipngeno. She says, “The people in Kericho are proud of me after what I did in Frankfurt and Boston.” Kilel sponsors five high school students and ten primary school students who are also orphans because their parents have passed away. She also assists athletes who help her in training such as Josphat Maina.

“The Boston Marathon brings together people from all over the world to come and interact as one big family.”