Brigid Kosgei
Brigid is a Kenyan long-distance runner born on February 20, 1994. At the October 2019 Chicago Marathon, she set a new world record for women in a mixed-sex race with a record time of 2:14:04. She won the 2018 and 2019 Chicago Marathons, the 2019 and 2020 London Marathons, and the 2021 Tokyo Marathon.
She started training long-distance at age 17 in her local village Elgeyo-Marakwet County in Kenya, where she grew up. She has participated in about twenty competitions, including two major marathon events, and has won five gold and three silver medals.
