Nelly Jepkosgei

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. 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.

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.

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.

International competitions

Circuit wins 800 metres IAAF Diamond League Athletissima: 2019 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat: 2019 IAAF World Challenge Nanjing World Challenge: 2019

Personal bests 400 metres: 53.8 (2017) 800 metres: 1:58.96 (2018) 1000 metres: 2:35.30 (2018) 1500 metres: 4:00.99 (2018) Mile run: 4:25.15 (2017)