Mary Jepkosgei Keitany

Mary Jepkosgei Keitany

Keitany at the 2011 New York City Marathon
Personal information
Born	(1982-01-18) 18 January 1982 (age 42) Kabarnet, Baringo County, Kenya
Weight	42 kg (93 lb)
Sport
Country	Kenya
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon
Retired	Sep. 2021
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Half marathon: 64:55 (Ras Al Khaimah 2018) Marathon: 2:17:01 WR (Wo, London 2017)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Kenya World Half Marathon Championships 2007 Udine Team 2009 Birmingham Individual 2009 Birmingham Team 2007 Udine Individual World Marathon Majors 2011 London Marathon 2012 London Marathon 2014 New York Marathon 2015 New York Marathon 2016 New York Marathon 2017 London Marathon 2018 New York Marathon 2015 London Marathon 2017 New York Marathon 2019 New York Marathon 2010 New York Marathon 2011 New York Marathon

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 . She also has held world bests at 10 miles (50:05 minutes), 20 kilometres (1:02:36), and 25 kilometres (1:19:53), all of which were set in road races. In August 2018, she was honored by the Shoe4Africa foundation who funded and built the Mary Keitany Shoe4Africa school in Torokwonin, Baringo County, Kenya.^[1] She and her husband Charles sit on the Shoe4Africa school board.^[2]