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Mary Jepkosgei Keitany

1982 - Today

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Mary Jepkosgei Keitany (born 18 January 1982) is a Kenyan former professional long distance runner. She was the world record holder in a women-only marathon, having won the 2017 London Marathon in a time of 2:17:01. As of November 2022, she placed fifth on the world all-time list at the marathon and eleventh on the respective world all-time list for the half marathon. Her former half marathon best of 1:05:50 (2011) remained the women's world record for three years . Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Mary Jepkosgei Keitany is the 4,480th most popular athlete (down from 4,124th in 2024), the 110th most popular biography from Kenya (down from 104th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Kenyan Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Mary Jepkosgei Keitany ranks 4,480 out of 6,025. Before her are Denys Yurchenko, Paweł Fajdek, Moon Dae-sung, Natalia Vía Dufresne, Nataliya Pyhyda, and Gergely Kiss. After her are Oleksandr Petriv, Pierre Lueders, Botond Storcz, Zdeněk Vítek, Bérengère Schuh, and Aleen Bailey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Mary Jepkosgei Keitany ranks 899. Before her are Vanja Radovanović, Bret Harrison, Martin Vučić, Pablo Bastianini, Vitali Tajbert, and David López. After her are Lázaro Bruzón, Marija Karan, Andriy Stadnik, Aleksejs Saramotins, Seung-hwan Oh, and Phai Phongsathon.

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In Kenya

Among people born in Kenya, Mary Jepkosgei Keitany ranks 110 out of 150. Before her are Stephen Kipkorir (1970), Asbel Kiprop (1989), Priscah Jeptoo (1984), Rose Chelimo (1989), Pamela Jelimo (1989), and Eunice Jepkorir (1982). After her are Julius Yego (1989), Victor Wanyama (1991), Janeth Jepkosgei (1983), Abraham Kibiwot (1996), Benjamin Limo (1974), and Edna Kiplagat (1979).

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Among ATHLETES In Kenya

Among athletes born in Kenya, Mary Jepkosgei Keitany ranks 82. Before her are Stephen Kipkorir (1970), Asbel Kiprop (1989), Priscah Jeptoo (1984), Rose Chelimo (1989), Pamela Jelimo (1989), and Eunice Jepkorir (1982). After her are Julius Yego (1989), Janeth Jepkosgei (1983), Abraham Kibiwot (1996), Benjamin Limo (1974), Edna Kiplagat (1979), and Priscah Jepleting Cherono (1980).

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