Agnes Jeruto Barsosio

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Agnes Jeruto Barsosio is a [[Kenyan]] [[athlete]] and [[marathon]] runner<ref> Profile iaaf.org|website=www.iaaf.org|access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>. She was born in 1983. She competes for the Kenya national team and represents Kenya in international athletics competitions.<ref></ref>

In 2008, she was the second best athlete in the Lille Half Marathon and won the Foulees Monterelaises.
She finished second in the 10km race at Taroudant. In the same year, she debuted on the Dusseldoff marathon and won the race. In April 2012, Agnes competed in the 10th Metro Group Marathon Düsseldorf. This was her debut in the marathon and she both won and set a new course record in a time of 2:25:49, surpassing the previous record by just under a minute.<ref> News iaaf.org|website=www.iaaf.org|access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref>


On 6 May, 2017, Barsosio competed on the the sixth edition of České Budějovice Half Marathon Czech Republic. She emerged winner and set a new course record with a time of of 1:09:53 after defeating fellow Kenyan female athletes, Rebecca Cheris and Lucy Kabuu. On June 3, 2017, she competed in the Budweis half marathon, where she reached a new personal best of 01:09:56.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> On June 25, 2017, she set a new race record in the sixth Ceske Budejovice Half Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, in a record time of 1:09:53. This achievement broke the previous record of 1:10:40 set last year by Ashete Bekere of Ethiopia..<ref></ref>

On June 15, 2018, Agnes won in the Australia's Gold Coast Marathon in a time of 02:20:59, ahead of favourite marathon competitors, Ruth Chepitok of Kenya, and Nakao and Naoko Takahashi of Japan. <ref> http://bit.ly/2HPgudx>



[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Kenya]]
[[Category:Kenyan female long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Kenyan female marathon runners]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes of Kenya]]
[[Category:World Championships in Athletics medalists]]

==References==

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