Pamela Kosgei (born 5 July 2004) is a Kenyan

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athlete. In 2023, she became the Africa Under-20 champion, and the Kenyan senior national champion, at the

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Personal life

Kosgei is the sister of Olympic gold medalist and world record holder

Brigid Kosgei Brigid Jepchirchir Kosgei (born 20 February 1994) 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 is the c ...

. She has described her sister as her inspiration.

Career

2022

In 2022 she became the Kenyan U18 champion at the 3000m steeplechase. She represented her country at the World Under 20 Athletics Championships held in

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and finished in fifth place in the

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race. She won the 5000m race at the East Africa School Games in

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, Tanzania on September 20, 2022. She won her first ever European race at the Cardiff Cross Challenge, held in

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on 15 October 2022.

2023

On 18 February 2023 Kosgei won bronze at the

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in the U20 women's race, finishing behind Ethiopians

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and Senayet Getachew. In 2023, she became the Africa Under-20 3000m Steeplechase champion. On 24 June 2023, she also won the Athletics Kenya National Championships at that distance.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kosgei, Pamela 2004 births Living people Kenyan female athletes