Joyciline Jepkosgei

Joyciline Jepkosgei
	Jepkosgei at the 2017 Prague Half Marathon
Personal information
Born	8 December 1993 (age 30); Rift Valley Province, Kenya
Sport
Country	Kenya
Sport	Track and field
Event	Long-distance running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Kenya
World Half Marathon Championships
African Championships
World Marathon Majors

Joyciline Jepkosgei (born 8 December 1993)^[1] is a Kenyan female long-distance runner who competes over distances from 10,000 metres to the marathon. She is the former half marathon world record holder in contests with mixed-gender fields with her personal best of 64:51 minutes, and additionally the former world record holder in the 10 km with 29:43 minutes.^[a]^[2] She was a bronze medallist over 10,000 m at the African Championships in Athletics in 2016. Jepkosgei ran a world record for the half marathon of 1:04:52 at the Prague Half Marathon in April 2017, becoming the first woman ever to break 65 minutes. She also unofficially broke the IAAF-ratified records for 10 km, 15 km and 20 km along the way, breaking a total of four world records in a single event.^[3] She became the first Kenyan ever to break six world records in six months.^[4]

^ "Joyciline JEPKOSGEI – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ Mulkeen, Jon (1 April 2017). "Jepkosgei breaks four world records at Prague Half Marathon". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
^ "Inside look: Joyciline Jepkosgei's training ahead of half marathon world record finish". Sports Illustrated. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
^ Kelsall, Christopher (14 February 2019). "World record holder Joyciline Jepkosgei runs marathon debut in Hamburg". Athletics Illustrated. Retrieved 14 February 2019.

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[WAprofile-1] "Joyciline JEPKOSGEI – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[3] Mulkeen, Jon (1 April 2017). "Jepkosgei breaks four world records at Prague Half Marathon". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

[4] "Inside look: Joyciline Jepkosgei's training ahead of half marathon world record finish". Sports Illustrated. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.

[5] Kelsall, Christopher (14 February 2019). "World record holder Joyciline Jepkosgei runs marathon debut in Hamburg". Athletics Illustrated. Retrieved 14 February 2019.

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