Brigid Kosgei

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Brigid Kosgei
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Kosgei during the 2018 London Marathon
Personal information
Born (1994-02-20) 20 February 1994 (age 30)
Sinon, Kapsowar, Kenya
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Marathon
Long-distance running
Coached by Eric Kimaiyo
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Marathon
Representing Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Marathon
World Marathon Majors
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Chicago Marathon
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 London Marathon
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Chicago Marathon
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 London Marathon
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Tokyo Marathon
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Chicago Marathon
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 London Marathon

Brigid Jepchirchir Kosgei (born 20 February 1994) [1] is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. She won the 2018 and 2019 Chicago Marathons, the 2019 and 2020 London Marathons and the 2021 Tokyo Marathon. Kosgei was the marathon world record holder for women running in a mixed-sex race, with a time of 2:14:04 achieved on 13 October 2019 at the Chicago Marathon. [2] She won the silver medal in the marathon event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Personal life

Brigid Jepchirchir Kosgei grew up in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya, and has six siblings. [3] Her sister Pamela is a steeplechase runner. [4] Aged 17, Kosgei began running, training with her boyfriend and now husband Matthew Kosgei. [3]

Career

Kosgei finished in the top two in eight of the first nine marathons that she ran. [5] She came second at the 2016 Lisbon Marathon behind fellow Kenyan Sarah Chepchirchir, in a personal best time of 2:24:45. Her time was faster than the previous course record. [6] [7] In 2017, Kosgei won the Bogotá Half Marathon, and came third at the Copenhagen Half Marathon. [8] She came second in the 2017 Chicago Marathon in a personal best time of 2:20:22. [5] [9] Her time was the sixth-fastest ever time at the Chicago Marathon. [8] Weeks later, she won the Honolulu Marathon, beating the course record by over five minutes. [5] In 2018, Kosgei came second in the London Marathon behind Vivian Cheruiyot. [5] [9] After injuring herself during the Bogotá Marathon, Kosgei decided to run the Great North Run, in order to practice ahead of the 2018 Chicago Marathon. She finished the event second, behind Cheruiyot. [5] [10] Kosgei later won the Chicago Marathon, after breaking away from a group of two other Kenyans and three Ethiopians after 30–35 kilometres (19–22 mi) of the race. She set a personal best time of 2:18:35. [5] [9] [11] During 2018, Kosgei also won a cross country event in Eldoret, Kenya, [12] and the Kalya Half Marathon in Kapenguria, Kenya. [13] [14]

Kosgei won the 2019 London Marathon, becoming the youngest woman to win the event. [15] This was the third-best time in London after Paula Radcliffe in 2005 with 2:17:42 and Mary Keitany in 2017 with the world record 2:17:01. At the 2019 Great North Run, Kosgei won in a course-record time of 1:04.28, 23 seconds faster than the previous half marathon world record set by Joyciline Jepkosgei. [16]

She won the 2019 Chicago Marathon on 13 October 2019 in a world record time of 2:14:04, an improvement of her personal best by more than 4 minutes. [17] She beat the previous world record by 81 seconds, [18] and was over six minutes ahead of second place Ababel Yeshaneh. [2] Kosgei wore specially adapted Nike shoes, which have been alleged to have given her a 60–90 second advantage. [19] [20] Later in the year, she won the 15 km Saint Silvester Road Race in a time of 48:54. [21]

In February 2020, Kosgei finished second to Yeshaneh at the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon. Kosgei's time of 1:04:49 was two seconds better than the previous world record. [22] [23] Kosgei and Yeshaneh's time of 30:18 after 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of the race was only one second slower than the best time set in a track 10,000m event in 2019. [23] Later in the year, Kosgei won the rescheduled 2020 London Marathon by over three minutes. Kosgei broke away from the pack 18 miles (29 km) into the race and stayed ahead for the rest of the race. She finished in a time of 2:18.58. [24]

Before its postponement, Kosgei was chosen to lead the Kenyan women's marathon squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The other athletes chosen in the squad were Cheruiyot and Ruth Chepng'etich. [25] [26] In February 2021, Kosgei was confirmed in the Kenyan marathon team for the rescheduled 2020 Summer Olympics, alongside Cheruiyot, Chepng'etich and Peres Jepchirchir. [27] It was Kosgei's first appearance at the Olympics. [25] She finished second behind Jepchirchir. [28] Later in the year, she came fourth at the 2021 London Marathon. [29] In March 2022, Kosgei won the delayed 2021 Tokyo Marathon in a time of 2:16:20, the third fastest ever time. [30]

At the 2024 ADNOC Abu Dhabi Marathon, Kosgei broke the course record in a time of 2:19:15. [31]

Achievements

All information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted. [1]

Marathon competition record

YearDateCompetitionLocationRankTime
20158 November Porto Marathon Porto 1st2:47:59
20163 April Milano City Marathon Milan 1st2:27:45
2 October Lisbon Marathon Lisbon 2nd2:24:45
11 December Honolulu Marathon Honolulu 1st2:31:11
201717 April Boston Marathon Boston 8th2:31:48
8 October Chicago Marathon Chicago 2nd2:20:22
10 December Honolulu Marathon Honolulu1st2:22:15
201822 April London Marathon London 2nd2:20:13
7 October Chicago Marathon Chicago1st2:18:35
201928 April London Marathon London1st2:18:20
13 October Chicago Marathon Chicago1st2:14:04
20204 October London Marathon London1st2:18:58
20217 August Olympic Games Sapporo 2nd2:27:36
3 October London Marathon London4th2:18:40
20226 March Tokyo Marathon Tokyo 1st2:16:20

Personal bests

DistanceTime
(h):m:s		LocationDateNotes
5 km 15:13 Lisbon, Portugal19 May 2019
10 km 30:58 Atlanta, GA, United States4 July 2022(also 29:54 * not legal)
15 km 48:54 São Paulo, Brazil31 December 2019
Half marathon 1:04:49 Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates21 February 2020(also 1:04:28 * not legal)
Marathon 2:14:04 Chicago, IL, United States13 October 2019 Mx World record

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