Anne Jepkemboi Kosgei (born in 1980 in Uasin Gishu) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in road running, including the marathon.
[3][13] She also ran at the Rock 'n' Roll San Jose Half Marathon in October, taking third place on the podium behind Yuri Kano and Azalech Masresha.
[14] Kosgei reached a career peak in 2009 by winning two prominent marathon races in the season.
First came the Belgrade Marathon where she beat World Military champion Rasa Drazdauskaite to the finish to take victory in a time of 2:34:51.
Seeing off a challenge from Jelena Yal Koren, Kosgei set a strong pace to lead the competition and went on win in a career best time of 2:27:46 for the marathon.