| Pamela Kosgei | |
| Nationality: | Kenyan |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 3000m Steeplechase |
| Birth Date: | 5 July 2004 |
| Pb: | 5000m: 16:20.86 (Nairobi, 2022) 3000m Steeplechase: 9:28.88 (Oregon, 2024) |
Pamela Kosgei (born 5 July 2004) is a Kenyan track and field and cross-country athlete. In 2023, she became the Africa Under-20 champion, and the Kenyan senior national champion, at the 3000m Steeplechase.[1] She committed to compete for the University of New Mexico at the NCAA level, starting with the 2024 Cross Country season.
Kosgei is the sister of Olympic goldmedalist and world record holder Brigid Kosgei.[2] She has described her sister as her inspiration.[3]
In 2022 she became the Kenyan U18 champion at the 3000m steeplechase. She represented her country at the World Under 20 Athletics Championships held in Cali, Colombia and finished in fifth place in the 3000m steeplechase race.[4] She won the 5000m race at the East Africa School Games in Arusha, Tanzania on September 20, 2022. She won her first ever European race at the Cardiff Cross Challenge, held in Cardiff, Wales on 15 October 2022.[5]
On 18 February 2023 Kosgei won bronze at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in the U20 women's race, finishing behind Ethiopians Medina Eisa and Senayet Getachew.[6] [7] [8]
In 2023, she became the Africa Under-20 3000m Steeplechase champion. On 24 June 2023, she also won the Athletics Kenya National Championships at that distance.[9]
In 2024, she moved to the U.S. and began taking summer classes at University of New Mexico with the intention of competing for the Lobos in Cross Country in the Fall of 2024. In a New Mexico uniform, she ran a new personal best of 9:28.88 at the Portland Track Festival, taking second place to Allie Ostrander.[10]