Agnes Jeruto Barsosio is a

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and

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runner. She was born in 1983. She competes for the Kenya national team and represents Kenya in international athletics competitions.

Career

In 2008, she was the second best athlete in the

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and won the Foulees Monterelaises. She finished second in the 10 km race at Taroudant. In the same year, she debuted on the

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and won the race. In April 2012, Agnes competed in the 10th Metro Group Marathon Düsseldorf. This was her debut in the marathon and she both won and set a new course record in a time of 2:25:49, surpassing the previous record by just under a minute. On 6 May 2017, Barsosio competed in the sixth edition of

České Budějovice Half Marathon The České Budějovice Half Marathon is an annual half marathon race which takes place in early June in České Budějovice, Czech Republic. Known as the Mattoni České Budějovice Half Marathon, it is a part of RunCzech running circuit. The cou ...

held in České Budějovice, Czech Republic. She emerged winner and set a new course record with a time of 1:09:53 after defeating fellow Kenyan female athletes, Rebecca Cheris and

Lucy Wangui Kabuu Lucy Wangui Kabuu (born 24 March 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres events. She has represented Kenya twice at the Summer Olympics, finishing in the top ten of the 10,000 m race in both 200 ...

. On June 3, 2017, she competed in the Budweis half marathon, where she reached a new personal best of 01:09:56. On June 25, 2017, she set a new race record in the sixth Ceske Budejovice Half Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, in a record time of 1:09:53. This achievement broke the previous record of 1:10:40 set last year by Ashete Bekere of Ethiopia.

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* 1983 births Living people Kenyan female long-distance runners Kenyan female marathon runners Place of birth missing (living people) {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub