KOSGEI Brigid

Date of Birth: 20 Feb 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Place of birth: KAPSOWAR

Birth Country:

Kenya

Place of residence : ELDORET

Residence Country:

Kenya

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Marathon	2

Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location
WR	Women's Marathon	2:14:04	13 October, 2019	Chicago, IL (USA)

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sapporo Odori Park	Women's Marathon Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Marathon Majors

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Marathon	2019/2020	London, GBR	2:18:58
1	Marathon	2019/2020	Chicago, IL, USA	2:14:04
1	Marathon	2018/2019	London, GBR	2:18:20
1	Marathon	2018/2019	Chicago, IL, USA	2:18:35
2	Marathon	2017/2018	London, GBR	2:20:13
2	Marathon	2017/2018	Chicago, IL, USA	2:20:22
8	Marathon	2016/2017	Boston, MA, USA	2:31:48

Gold Label Road Races

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	Marathon	2016	Lisbon, POR	2:24:45

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Husband Mathew Kosgei, twin children Faith and Brian

Languages spoken:

Erick Kimaiyo [personal], KEN

She began competing in middle-distance events when she was at school. (bbc.co.uk, 20 Oct 2019)

She discovered she could run while jogging to primary school. "My school was 10 kilometres from home and sometimes to avoid getting late I would run. On my way I met athletes who were training and said to myself, 'I can be like them'." (bbc.co.uk, 20 Oct 2019)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nation.co.ke, 13 Dec 2019)

She trains in Kapsait, Kenya. (nation.co.ke, 13 Dec 2019; sweatelite.co, 19 Oct 2019)

Her husband. (xinhuanet.com, 28 Nov 2019)

General Interest

General
16-YEAR-OLD RECORD BROKEN
In 2019 at the Chicago Marathon she broke Paula Radcliffe's world marathon record [2:15:25] that had stood since 2003, recording a time of 2:14:04. The record came one day after Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge ran an unofficial sub-two-hour men's marathon. She said she used Kipchoge's achievement as motivation. "I kept saying, 'Tomorrow is my day'. I wanted to be the second Kipchoge - the Kipchoge for women. I focused on that. I think 2:10 is possible for a lady. I am focused on reducing my time again." (nytimes.com, 13 Oct 2019; theguardian.com, 13 Oct 2019)

EARLY DAYS
At age 17 she left school to pursue her running career as her family could not afford the school fees. "My mother tried to convince me to stay on by saying she would borrow the money but I told her, 'For how long will we keep borrowing?' I could not be sad. At that time I just accepted what had happened and focused on other things." (bbc.co.uk, 20 Oct 2019; xinhuanet.com, 20 Dec 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
WR:: World Record

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