Sally Barsosio
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| Medal record | |||
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 Sally Barsosio |
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| Women's Athletics | |||
Competitor for  Kenya |
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| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1997 Athens | 10000 m | |
| Bronze | 1993 Stuttgart | 10000 m | |
Sally Barsosio (born March 21, 1978 in Keiyo District) is a Kenyan distance runner. As of 2005, Barsosio is the youngest ever medallist at the World Junior Championships in Athletics. In 1993, aged 15 years 182 days, she won the 10,000 m bronze medal at the Stuttgart World Athletics Championships after initially being disqualified for impeding fellow runners, most notably Elana Meyer who rather dramatically dropped out of the race.
Sally returned to the world championships in 1995 where she was 11th and in 1997 where she won 10,000 m gold, becoming the first Kenyan woman to win a senior track title.
Her sister, Florence Barsosio, is also an international runner.
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