Joyciline Jepkosgei
Kenyan long-distance runner / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joyciline Jepkosgei (born 8 December 1993)[1] is a Kenyan female long-distance runner who competes over distances from 10,000 metres to the marathon. She is the former half marathon world record holder in contests with mixed-gender fields with her personal best of 64:51 minutes, and additionally the former world record holder in the 10 km with 29:43 minutes.[lower-alpha 1][2] She was a bronze medallist over 10,000 m at the African Championships in Athletics in 2016. Jepkosgei ran a world record for the half marathon of 1:04:52 at the Prague Half Marathon in April 2017, becoming the first woman ever to break 65 minutes. She also unofficially broke the IAAF-ratified records for 10 km, 15 km and 20 km along the way, breaking a total of four world records in a single event.[3] She became the first Kenyan ever to break six world records in six months.[4]
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Born | (1993-12-08) 8 December 1993 (age 30) Rift Valley Province, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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