Anne Jepkemboi Kosgei (born in 1980 in Uasin Gishu) is a Kenyan

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who specialises in

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, including the

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. She has won her first marathon races in

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and

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, and went on to win both the

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and

Venice Marathon The Venice Marathon ( it, Maratona di Venezia) (stylized as Venicemarathon) is a marathon road race that has been held each year in Venice since 1986, usually in October. The course starts in Stra and passes through Mestre, , and Ponte della ...

in 2009. She set her personal best of 2:27:46 at the latter competition.

Career

Kosgei began racing professionally around 2000 and won her first major race in Europe that year with a course record at the Giro dei tre Monti in

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, Italy. Her first victory over the classic distance came at the 2001 San Sebastian Marathon, where her time of 2:31:19 was the third fastest ever at the competition. She improved upon this time at the 2002

with a run of 2:30:09 to take second place behind

Anastasia Ndereba Anastasia Ndereba is a Kenyan female athlete and marathon runner. She was born on September 27, 1974. She is the sister of the more renowned athlete and Olympic Medalist Katherine Ndereba. Her first recorded professional competition was on Novembe ...

.Kosgei Anne
Marathon Info. Retrieved on 2010-10-16. She also set a personal best over the half marathon that year when she again finished behind Ndereba at the Turin Half Marathon with a time of 1:13:00.Kosgei Anne Jepkemboi

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. Retrieved on 2010-10-16. The following year she took third at the

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, fifth at the

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and ran her fastest of the year (2:33:43) to take second place at the Maratona d'Italia in

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behind Jennifer Chesinon. She did not race over the marathon distance in 2004, but she took her first win over shorter distances at the Gavà-Castelldefels Half Marathon and the

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. After a year out of competition, she returned in 2006 with a win at the Route du Vin Half Marathon in September, followed by a third-place finish at the

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. In April 2007 she improved her half marathon best to 1:10:17 with a win in

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. and she took her second major win of the season at the Trieste Marathon with a time of 2:33:14. Kosgei was runner-up for a second time at the 2007 Venice Marathon behind

Lenah Cheruiyot Lenah Jemutai Cheruiyot (born 1 March 1973) is a Kenyan former long-distance runner who competed mainly in road running competitions. Her highest international honour was a team gold medal at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2002, wh ...

, but she broke two and a half hours for the first time, completing the distance in a time of 2:28:27. In 2008, she finished in three marathons: she was fourth at the Hong Kong Marathon, twelfth at the Hamburg Marathon and runner-up for a second year running at the Venice Marathon, where she ran her year's best time of 2:32:21. She also ran at the

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in October, taking third place on the podium behind

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and Azalech Masresha. Kosgei reached a career peak in 2009 by winning two prominent marathon races in the season. First came the

where she beat World Military champion

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to the finish to take victory in a time of 2:34:51. In October she returned to the Venice Marathon and topped the podium for the first time. Seeing off a challenge from Jelena Yal Koren, Kosgei set a strong pace to lead the competition and went on win in a career best time of 2:27:46 for the marathon. She entered the 2010

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and finished in seventh place with a time of 2:33:36. Her next outing over the distance came at the

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and although

Atsede Habtamu Atsede Habtamu Besuye (born 26 October 1987) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in road running and the marathon distance. She came to prominence at the IAAF World Road Running Championships in 2007 where, at the age of ninetee ...

won the race five minutes ahead of her, Kosgei's time of 2:31:05 gained her third place some two minutes clear of the rest of the field.van Hemert, Wim (2010-10-10)
In a thriller, Kamathi takes 2:07:38 victory in Eindhoven

. Retrieved on 2010-10-16.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kosgei, Anne Living people 1980 births Kenyan female long-distance runners People from Uasin Gishu County Sportspeople from Rift Valley Province Kenyan female marathon runners