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Linet Masai

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Linet Chepkwemoi Masai (born 5 December 1989) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country running events. She won her first world title in the 10,000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Masai became the world junior cross country champion in 2007 and set a world junior record for the 10,000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing fourth in the final. In 2017 she was awarded the olympic bronze medal after the initial silver medallist Elvan Abeylegesse tested positive for a banned steroid in a retest of her 2007 doping sample, thus Masai became the first kenyan woman to win a medal in a 10,000m olympic event. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Linet Masai is the 5,438th most popular athlete (down from 4,626th in 2024), the 136th most popular biography from Kenya (down from 119th in 2019) and the 100th most popular Kenyan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Linet Masai ranks 5,438 out of 6,025. Before her are Amane Beriso Shankule, Noriko Mizoguchi, Vladimir Kanaykin, Zhu Guo, Maaike Head, and Johannes Ludwig. After her are Sandra Arenas, Aleksandr Zuyev, Bouabdellah Tahri, Sibel Özkan, Hannes Aigner, and Perseus Karlström.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Linet Masai ranks 945. Before her are Jonathan Zongo, Yarden Gerbi, Zargo Touré, Sara Gama, Olha Zhovnir, and Evgeniya Rodina. After her are Fabio Leimer, Hannes Aigner, Tyreke Evans, Charlison Benschop, Hwang Seok-ho, and Cho Young-cheol.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Linet Masai ranks 136 out of 150. Before her are Robert Mambo Mumba (1978), Thomas Deng (1997), Wanjira Mathai (null), Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (1988), Dennis Oliech (1985), and Wangechi Mutu (1972). After her are Bernard Barmasai (1974), Brigid Kosgei (1994), Peres Jepchirchir (1993), Boniface Tumuti (1992), Isabella Ochichi (1979), and Sally Barsosio (1978).

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Among ATHLETES In Kenya

Among athletes born in Kenya, Linet Masai ranks 100. Before her are Nancy Langat (1981), William Mutwol (1967), Eunice Sum (1988), Nicholas Bett (1990), Edwin Soi (1986), and Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (1988). After her are Bernard Barmasai (1974), Brigid Kosgei (1994), Peres Jepchirchir (1993), Boniface Tumuti (1992), Isabella Ochichi (1979), and Sally Barsosio (1978).

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