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About Janet Rono
- Janet Jelagat Rono (born 9 December 1988) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in marathon races.
- Rono has won multiple marathons including the 2011 Hong Kong Marathon, 2013 Cologne Marathon and 2014 Ljubljana Marathon.
- She holds a personal best of 2:26:03 hours for the distance. Rono began her career with a tour of Mexico.
- She won the 2009 Gran PacĂfico Marathon, had runner-up finishes in Culiacán, Mexico City and Ciudad Juarez in 2010, then took back-to-back wins at the Panama City Marathon and Mexicali Marathon in December that year.
- Despite having won three marathons and having a personal best of 2:37:08 hours, she failed to get invites to major races.
- She decided to fund her own travel and entry to the Hong Kong Marathon in 2011 and the move paid off, as she won the race in a personal best of 2:33:42 hours and a top prize of US$34,000.She stayed in the region and was runner-up at the Yellow River Estuary Marathon in May.
- She competed sparingly over the following two years, with a win at the Maratona Internacional Mauricio de Nassau in September 2012 being the only performance of note (albeit a much slower time of 2:48:59).
- She was runner-up at the low-key Taichung International Marathon in June 2013 but came back to prominence with a win at the Cologne Marathon.
- She took to the front from the start of the race and ended up improving her best by over five minutes, taking the title in 2:28:36 hours.
- This established her among the world's top runners and she received an invitation to the 2014 Tokyo Marathon, where she ended the race in fourth with another best of 2:26:03 hours.Dropping down in distance, she won the BIG 25 Berlin, but managed only fifth at the Olomouc Half Marathon.
- She returned to the top of the podium at the Ljubljana Marathon in October 2014.
- She was down the order in ninth at the 2015 Prague Half Marathon and returned to the city for the Prague International Marathon, where despite a fast start she ended up fourth.
- A month later she had her first win at the half marathon distance at the Zwolle Half Marathon, setting a new best of 71:10 minutes.
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