Nelly Jepkosgei

Nelly Jepkosgei
Personal information
Born (1991-07-14) 14 July 1991
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
800 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal bests800 m: 1:58.96 (2018)
1500 m: 4:00.99 (2018)

Nelly Jepkosgei (born 14 July 1991) is a middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres. Born in Kenya, she was nationalized Bahraini and represents Bahrain internationally.

Career

Jepkosgei originally competed for Kenya, running at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics and the 2011 All-Africa Games, but now competes for Bahrain. A dispute between the national bodies resulted in Jepkosgei being ineligible to run for Bahrain until March 2021, and she failed to represent her nation of birth at the 2019 African Games, despite being selected.[1][2] She holds personal bests of 1:58.96 minutes for the 800 m and 4:00.99 minutes for the 1500 metres. She also holds the Kenyan national record for the 1000 metres with her time of 2:35.30 minutes.[3]

She has won three times on the IAAF Diamond League circuit, taking wins at the Memorial Van Damme in 2013, and Athletissima and the Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat in 2019.[4]

Personal life

Jepkosgei is married to Cornelius Kiprotich Korir, with whom she has two children.

Doping violation and ban

In 2021, Jepkosgei received a three year competition ban due to tampering with anti-doping procedures. She admitted that she had faked documents relating to a car accident to explain her absence from testing.[5][6]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 3rd (sf3) 800 m 2:05.13
2011 All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 4th 800 m 2:05.35

Circuit wins

800 metres

Personal bests

References

  1. ↑ Injured steeplechaser Kipruto to anchor Kenyan team to Africa Games. Xinhua (2019-07-24). Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  2. ↑ Kenya or Bahrain: Which way for Jepkosgei. Binti Sports (2019-07-31). Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  3. ↑ Nelly Jepkosgei. IAAF. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  4. ↑ Nelly Jepkosgei. Diamond League. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  5. ↑ "Bahrain runner Jepkosgei banned for 3 years after faking car crash to miss doping test". CBC. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  6. ↑ Gillen, Nancy (3 March 2021). "Jepkosgei given three-year ban after faking car crash to explain whereabouts failure". Inside The Games. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
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