Brigid Kosgei

Brigid Kosgei is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon, born on 20 February 1994 and raised in Elgeyo-Marakwet County. She began running at seventeen and finished in the top two in eight of her first nine marathons. She won the Chicago Marathon in 2018 and 2019, the London Marathon in 2019 and 2020, and the Tokyo Marathon in 2021 and 2026. At Chicago on 13 October 2019 she ran 2:14:04, a women's marathon world record for a mixed-sex race that beat the previous mark by 81 seconds. She was chosen for Kenya's marathon team at the rescheduled 2020 Summer Olympics in her first Olympic appearance and won the silver medal behind her teammate Peres Jepchirchir.