- Edith Masai
Edith Chewangel Masai (born
April 4 ,1967 ) is aKenyan track athlete. Her best achievements are three individual gold medals in theIAAF World Cross Country Championships between 2002-2004.Masai was born in
Chepkoya village,Bungoma District . She competed during her high school days while at Kibuk Secondary School. She graduated in 1988. She joinedKenya Prisons Service in 1990, known for recruiting many talented athletes. Masai did not, however, achieve anything until 1999, when she became a the national cross-country champion, at the age of 34. Consequently, she started training more seriously [Daily Nation, June 16, 2007: [http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=5&newsid=100389 Ageless Masai makes grade for Osaka] ]She won a bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships. In 2004 she failed at the Kenyan trials for the Olympics, but since she was one of only three Kenyans who had beaten the Olympic "A"-qualifying time in women's 5000 metres that year, she was offered a place on the team. Masai herself initially rejected the offer, but joined the team after lengthy negotiations. At the Olympics she dropped out suffering a hamstring injury [http://www.iaaf.org/news/athletes/newsid=26840.html IAAF Focus on Athletes] ] .
She currently lives in
Nairobi andTrier ,Germany . She is divorced. She is a mother of a boy, born in 1990. She is coached byDorothee Paulmann x] .Personal best
References
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* [http://www.iaaf.org/news/athletes/newsid=26840.html IAAF Focus on Athletes]
*cite news |first=Omulo |last=Okoth |title=A Kenyan XC legend - Edith Masai |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=2/newsId=37995.html |work=IAAF |date=2007-03-18 |accessdate=2008-06-14
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