Florence Kiplagat

Florence Jebet Kiplagat (born 27 February 1987) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She is a two-time world champion having won at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.

She has also represented Kenya on the track, having won the silver medal over 5000 metres at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics. She competed in the 10,000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and is the current Kenyan record holder in the event with her best of 30:11.53 minutes.

Biography

Kiplagat studied at the Sirgoech Secondary School in Iten and she hoped to get a scholarship in the United States. She won the silver medal in 5000 metres at the 2006 World Junior Championships. At the 2007 World Cross Country Championships she finished fifth in the senior race, while the Kenyan team of which she was a part won the silver medal in the team competition.

She was out of activity in 2008 after becoming a mother. She made comeback in early 2009 by winning the Elgoibar Cross Country and Cross Internacional de Itálica meetings in Spain.Valiente, Emeterio (2009-01-18). . IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-24. She won the women race at the 2009 IAAF......
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