Nelly Jepkosgei (born 14 July 1991) is a Kenyan-born female middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres.
She also holds the Kenyan national record for the 1000 metres with her time of 2:35.30 minutes.
[3] 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.
[4] 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 abscene from testing.