12 Facts About Joyciline Jepkosgei

Joyciline Jepkosgei was born on 8 December 1993 and is a Kenyan female long-distance runner who competes over distances from 10,000 metres to the marathon.

Joyciline Jepkosgei became the first Kenyan ever to break six world records in six months.

Joyciline Jepkosgei emerged as a professional level runner at the 2015 Nairobi Half Marathon, where she finished fifth in 1:14:06 minutes.

Joyciline Jepkosgei knocked her best down to 1:09:09 minutes at the following year's First Lady's Half Marathon in the Kenyan capital, placing second to Valentine Kipketer.

Joyciline Jepkosgei improved two seconds further in winning the Karlovy Vary Half Marathon, which placed her in the top 35 runners that year.

Joyciline Jepkosgei ended her breakthrough year with a runner-up finish at the Prague Grand Prix and a win at the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale.

Joyciline Jepkosgei competed in her first top level half marathon at the start of 2017 and took nearly three minutes off her personal best, crossing the line in 66:08 minutes to take third at the RAK Half Marathon.

The winner, Peres Jepchirchir, broke the world record and Joyciline Jepkosgei ran the fastest ever time for her placing, as did runner-up Mary Keitany.

In November 2019, Joyciline Jepkosgei won the New York City Marathon in her official debut at the distance with a time of 2:22:38, the second fastest time on the course for women.

Joyciline Jepkosgei won the 2021 London Marathon after taking the lead 22 miles into the race and becoming the seventh fastest female marathoner in history with 2:17:43.

At the 2022 London Marathon in October, Joyciline Jepkosgei placed second behind only Yalemzerf Yehualaw, clocking 2:18:07 and missing her personal best by 24 seconds.

Joyciline Jepkosgei was coached by her husband, Nicholas Koech, until 2019 and has a son, Brandon, born in 2011.