Janet Jepkosgei

thumb Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei (born 13 December 1983) is a Kenyan middle distance runner and former world champion. Quotes In 2015, just before the World Championships in Beijing and I was honest with myself, I was getting old. I told myself, ‘Janeth, you do Beijing, and then it is time to step out of track So when I transitioned out of that track, I moved into coaching immediately I always felt like what he did to my life from hurdling to being a 800m star was amazing. And I also always wanted to start with an athlete from zero. By identifying a talent and giving an opportunity to young people to experience the sport I never got discouraged or felt shy, knowing that in Kenya we have more men as coaches and very few or no women coaches Coaching is enjoyable and life changing. I think when you have more female coaches, the sport also changes positively. And we don’t all have to be [technical] coaches, there are so many spheres of coaching like mental, safeguarding I see more women coming up, and it’s encouraging to see more federations enrolling the services of female coaches compared to my time when I was an athlete. There's a big difference in how we female coaches handle athletes. When you have more female coaches, you also have people who safeguard athletes from abuse. Sometimes we assume the roles of mothers, and when a mother sits down with their kids, it is sometimes easier for them to speak out Janeth Jepkosgei: Leading the way for female track coaches in Kenya,16 October 2023,By Evelyn Watta ''This medal is important for Kenya and for me,'' Jepkosgei runs from the front to win 800mmykhel(August 22, 2017) ''This is the first medal for middle distance where we don't have many runners. Jepkosgei runs from the front to win 800mmykhel(August 22, 2017) ''It's a challenge to my fellow Kenyans to do more at middle distance and not just concentrate on long distances.'' Jepkosgei runs from the front to win 800mmykhel(August 22, 2017) ''I decided to go in front and not wait for the others,'' Jepkosgei runs from the front to win 800mmykhel(August 22, 2017) ''I had to do my best and that's what I did.'' Jepkosgei runs from the front to win 800mmykhel(August 22, 2017) External links Janeth Jepkosgei Category:Runners Category:Women from Kenya Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Kenya