Aliphine Tuliamuk

Tuliamuk in 2018
Personal information
Nationality	Kenyan-American
Born	(1989-04-05)April 5, 1989 (age 36) Posoy,Pokot County, Kenya
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Track and field,Road racing
Event(s)	10 km,Half marathon, 25 km,Marathon
College team	Wichita State Shockers
Club	Northern Arizona Elite
Team	Hoka One One
Turned pro	2013
Coached by	Ben Rosario
Achievements and titles
Personalbests	5000 m: 15:18.86 (Palo Alto 2013) 10,000 m: 31:54.20 (Palo Alto 2016) 5 km: 15:22 (Providence 2016) 10 km: 31:52 (Boston 2014) Half marathon: 1:09:16 (Santa Fe 2013) Marathon: 2:26:18 (New York City 2022)[1]

Aliphine Chepkerker Tuliamuk (born April 5, 1989) is a Kenyan-born American long-distance runner.^[2] She placed first at the2020 United States Olympic Trials (marathon) in Atlanta and represented the United States at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.^[3][4][5] Tuliamuk has been a world class athlete since placing 9th in 21:09 at2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race.^[6] Tuliamuk ran 33:43 to place 15th at2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.^[7] Tuliamuk placed 3rd at 2019Rotterdam Marathon in 2:26:50.

In college, Tuliamuk was anAll-American atWichita State University.^[8][9] Tuliamuk became a First TeamNCAA Division IAll-American in cross country and in 2013, the first woman from her village to graduate from college, with a major in Public Health.

In 2013, Tuliamuk set a course record at theSanta Fe Thunder half marathon, with a time of 1:09:16.^[10]

In 2016, she won theFifth Third River Bank Run (functioning as the US 25 km championships) defeatingLindsey Scherf,Clara Santucci,Dorothy McMahan,Gladys Kipsoi, andChirine Njeim.^[11][12]

She also won the 2016 US 20 km championships defeatingEmily Sisson,Brianne Nelson, Lindsey Scherf,Sarah Crouch, andTara Welling.^[13]

For her third national title of the year, she won the 2016 US 5 km championships defeating Emily Sisson,Jordan Hasay,Laura Thweatt, Lindsey Scherf, andJennifer Rhines.^[14]

In 2017, Tuliamuk won 2017USA Cross Country Championships title defeatingLaura Thweatt,Kellyn Taylor,Courtney Frerichs,Sarah Pagano, andElaina Balouris. Tuliamuk placed 15th at2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race ran 33:43 over 10,000 meters.

As of 2025, Tuliamuk will no longer be part of Northern Arizona Elite or be sponsored byHoka One One.^[15]

Wikimedia Commons has media related toAliphine Tuliamuk.

• Aliphine Tuliamuk atWorld Athletics
• Aliphine Tuliamuk onTwitter
• NAZ Elite Host Eric Senseman talks with Aliphine Tuliamuk about her transition to joining Northern Arizona Elite, her 9 US National Championships
• Midday Treat with NAZ Elite - Episode 25 - Join host Eric Senseman as he talks with Aliphine Tuliamuk after her third place finish at the 2019 Rotterdam Marathon. HOKA NAZ Elite
• Aliphine Tuliamuk atwww.USATF.org

• 1989 births
• Living people
• Track and field athletes from New Mexico
• People from Rift Valley Province
• American female long-distance runners
• American female cross country runners
• American female marathon runners
• Kenyan female long-distance runners
• Kenyan female cross country runners
• Kenyan female marathon runners
• Wichita State Shockers women's cross country runners
• Wichita State Shockers women's track and field athletes
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
• 21st-century American sportswomen
• Kenyan emigrants to the United States

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