Florence Barsosio

Quick Facts

Full Name	Florence Barsosio
Occupation	Marathon Runner
Date Of Birth	Aug 11, 1976(1976-08-11)
Age	48
Birthplace	Keiyo District
Country	Kenya
Horoscope	Leo

Florence Barsosio Biography

Florence Barsosio is one of the most popular and richest Marathon Runner who was born on August 11, 1976 in Keiyo District, Kenya. Florence Jepkemoi Barsosio (born 11 August 1976 in Keiyo District) is a Kenyan athlete who is specialized on long distance running. The sister of her, Sally Barsosio, is also an elite athlete.

She has participated in world championships for long-distance track events, cross-country running, and road running. Most of her accomplishments have come from marathon races. She won her first race, the 2000 Turin Marathon in her debut in the distance and then went to win the marathons of Paris, Madrid, Florence and Vienna.

Continuing to focus on the marathon in 2005, she finished second to Lidiya Grigoryeva at the Paris Marathon, although her time of 2:27:19 was her second fastest ever. A dominant performance followed at the Vienna Marathon: a high temperature affected all the runners, but she won the race by over eight minutes despite the fact that the race had no pacemaker. She closed the year with a second-place finish at the Taipei International Marathon in Taiwan, beaten to the title by Jane Ekimat Auro. She took second place at the Madrid Marathon in 2006.

Barsosio has competed at two marathons in New York, placing sixth in 2000 (with her personal best of 2:27:00 performance) and eleventh in the race in 2001. The only Marathon World Championship race came in 2001 and she placed in sixth place. She has also raced over half marathon distances and won both the Paris Half Marathon and Prague Half Marathon.

Florence Barsosio Net Worth

Florence Barsosio is one of the richest Marathon Runner from Kenya. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Florence Barsosio 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The younger sister of 10,000m World Champion Sally Barsosio, Florence began her cross-country and track runner. In 1995, at the World Championships in Athletics she was 14th place in the ladies’ 5000m final. She was the winner in 1996 in the Cross della Vallagarina, Montefortiana Tura, and Giro di Castelbuono competitions. She also placed in 13th in the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Turin. However, it wasn’t until she started focusing specifically on running for road use in the first 2000s that she saw more results.

In 2000, at the beginning of, Barsosio won in her debut marathon , winning victory in the Turin Marathon with a time of 2:27:58. She also won her Scalata al Castello 10 km title in Arezzo, Italy, soon after. She was highly successful on the cross-country circuit, winning in Cross de Caceres, the Cross de Caceres and the Cross Campaccio. She took part for the New York City Marathon later in the year, and ran her personal best time of 2:27:00 and took the fifth spot. The following year she took home two races, the Paris Marathon and Paris Half Marathon races, and snagged to finish sixth in the women’s marathon race at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. She also placed third at the New York Mini Marathon, eleventh in the New York Marathon, and took home her first Prague Half Marathon. After two years of successful racing on the road, she chose to step away from competitive running to marry and have a baby.

She made her competitive return in 2004 and soon regained her international standing. She won the Madrid Marathon and finished in second place at the Dublin Marathon. She ran virtually unopposed at the Florence Marathon that year, beating second placed Marcella Mancini by over five minutes. Barsosio’s time of 2:29:11 was much faster than her previous outings and she was confident of returning to her full pre-pregnancy form for the following season.

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Facts & Trivia

Florence Ranked on the list of most popular Marathon Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kenya. Florence Barsosio celebrates birthday on August 11 of every year.