Stella Barsosio | |
Full Name: | Stellah Jepngetich Barsosio |
Nationality: | Kenyan |
Birth Date: | 12 March 1993 |
Country: | Kenya |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Long-distance running |
Stella Barsosio (born 12 March 1993)[1] is a Kenyan long-distance runner. In 2021, she won the Rotterdam Marathon.
On 6 February 2023, it was announced that Barsosio had been banned for two years by Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya after testing positive for trimetazidine. Her suspension was retroactively applied, starting on 17 August 2022.[2] [3]
In 2016, Stella Barsosio won the Belgrade Marathon with a time of 2:43:41.
In 2017, she won the Cracovia Marathon with a time of 2:33:01, and the Skopje Marathon, setting a new course record of 2:33:42.
In 2018, she finished in second place in the Singapore Marathon, and in 2019, she also finished in second place in this event.[4] [5] In 2019, Barsosio won the Sydney Marathon, setting a new course record of 2:24:33,[6] and finished in second place in the Rotterdam Marathon.[7]
2016 | Belgrade Marathon | Belgrade, Serbia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Marathon | 2:43:41 | |
2017 | Cracovia Marathon | Kraków, Poland | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Marathon | 2:33:01 | |
Skopje Marathon | Skopje, North Macedonia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Marathon | 2:33:42 | ||
2018 | Singapore Marathon | Singapore, Singapore | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Marathon | 2:33:23 | |
2019 | Rotterdam Marathon | Rotterdam, Netherlands | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Marathon | 2:23:36 | |
Sydney Marathon | Sydney, Australia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Marathon | 2:24:33 | ||
Singapore Marathon | Singapore, Singapore | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Marathon | 2:30:20 | ||
2021 | Rotterdam Marathon | Rotterdam, Netherlands | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Marathon | 2:22:08 |