Sally Barsosio (born 21 March 1978 in Keiyo District) is a Kenyan distance runner. , Barsosio is the youngest ever medallist at the

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, at 14 years and 182 days.

Career

In 1993, aged 15 years 153 days, she won the

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bronze medal at the

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after initially being disqualified for impeding fellow runners, most notably Elana Meyer who rather dramatically dropped out of the race. This made her the youngest ever person to win a medal at the World Championships in Athletics.Butler, Mark et al. (2013)
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. IAAF. Retrieved 2015-07-06. She was the winner of the inaugural

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meeting in 1994.Historia del Cross Internacional de Soria
.

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. Retrieved 2009-11-29. Sally returned to the world championships in 1995 taking 11th place and in 1997 when she won the 10,000m gold medal, becoming the first Kenyan woman to win a senior track title. Adding to her position as the youngest medallist, this win made her the youngest ever champion of the 10,000 m. She trains with

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and is coached by

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. Her sisters

Florence Barsosio Florence Jepkemoi Barsosio (born 11 August 1976 in Keiyo District) is a Kenyan athlete who specialises in long-distance running. Her sister, Sally Barsosio, is also a professional runner. She has competed at world championship finals in long-di ...

and Chepkemoi Barsosio and her cousin

Susan Sirma Susan Sirma (born May 26, 1966) is a retired Kenyan middle-distance runner best known for winning a bronze medal over 3000 metres at the 1991 World Championships, becoming the first black African woman to win a track and field medal at World Champ ...

are also Kenyan runners.Daily News (Los Angeles, CA), 31 March 1996
KENYAN WOMEN FEEL OLYMPIC HEAT
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* 1978 births Living people People from Elgeyo-Marakwet County Kenyan female long-distance runners Kenyan female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes of Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya World Athletics Championships medalists African Games gold medalists for Kenya African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 All-Africa Games World Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub