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This category is for competitors within the sport of athletics, comprising track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.It is not to be used for competitors in other sports or to categorize anyone who is physically fit, two other definitions of the word athlete.
Pages in category "Kenyan female long-distance runners" The following 199 pages are in this category, out of 199 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
also: People: By occupation: Sportspeople: By nationality: Kenyan: Women also: People : By gender : Women : By nationality : By occupation : Sportswomen : Kenyan Articles on individual Kenyan sportswomen may be added directly to this category, but should be moved to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
Pamela Kosgei (born 5 July 2004) is a Kenyan track and field and cross-country athlete. In 2023, she became the Africa Under-20 champion, and the Kenyan senior national champion, at the 3000m Steeplechase. [1] She committed to compete for the University of New Mexico at the NCAA level, starting with the 2024 Cross Country season.
The mother-of-two was the third female athlete to be killed in Kenya in three years. Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei pictured running last year [Reuters]
She competed for Kenya at the 2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres in Budapest. [4] She was selected to compete for Kenya at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships. [5] She ran a personal best indoors time of 2:00.80 to qualify for the semi-final, and lowered it to 1:59.65 to qualify for the final.
It has educated Kenyan athletes about the consequences of doping, drastically increased out-of-competition testing for Kenyan runners and bolstered the country’s once-nonexistent anti-doping system.
She also broke the Kenyan 800 m women's record twice. Jepkosgei was awarded the 2006 Kenyan Sportswoman of the Year award. [5] Jepkosgei made Kenyan History on 28 August 2007, where she won gold in the World Championship 800 m final in Osaka, becoming the first female Kenyan middle distance runner to achieve gold over 800 m. [2]