Salina Jebet Kosgei (born 16 November 1976 in Simotwo,

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) is a long distance runner from Kenya. She is a

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gold medalist, has competed at the

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and has won various

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s, including the 2009

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Career

She began her athletics career while at Simotwo Primary School. She moved on to Kapkenda Girls High School and won several national high school titles in

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, 800 metres and 200 metres. She graduated in 1993 and was subsequently recruited by the Kenya Prisons Service.IAAF, August 23, 2003
'Focus on Africans' - women's 10,000m, Kosgei and Kidane
/ref> She competed at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, ...

, finishing fifth over 800 metres. After giving birth to her first child in 1996, she decided to try longer distances. Kosgei won women's 10,000 metres race at the

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. Her time, 31:27.83, was a new Commonwealth Games Record (still in force after the 2010 Games). She competed at the 2003 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in

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, Spain, but did not finish better than 41st. Kosgei competed for

Kenya at the 2008 Summer Olympics Kenya competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Kenya won a total of 14 medals, 6 of them gold, its best ever performance at the Olympics. Kenya sent a total of 46 athletes, ...

in marathon, finishing tenth. On 20 April she won the 2009 Boston Marathon timing 2:32:16, a second ahead of

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. She attempted to defend her title the following year's race but the honours went to

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while Kosgei finished in third place. She had two other marathon races in 2009, coming third at the Grottazzolina Marathon and 15th at the

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. She also won the Florence Half Marathon. In 2011, she was in the top ten at the

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and Yokohama Women's Marathon. Her best result that year was a run of 2:32:06 hours for fifth at the

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. She did not compete in 2012 and made only two appearances in 2013, coming fourth at the

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and winning the Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes.Abdissa and Kosgei win at the Marathon des Alpes-Maritimes
IAAF (2013-11-10). Retrieved on 2013-11-28.

Personal life

She is married to hurdler Barnabas Kinyor. They have a son and a daughter, Billy and Ruth, born in 1996 and 2001, respectively.World Majors Marathon profile

Achievements

Major international competitions

Road races

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kosgei, Salina 1976 births Living people People from Elgeyo-Marakwet County Kenyan female middle-distance runners Kenyan female long-distance runners Kenyan female marathon runners Olympic athletes of Kenya Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Boston Marathon female winners Paris Marathon female winners Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics