Sharon Lokedi

thumb|Sharon Lokedi at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor 10K Sharon Lokedi (born March 10, 1994) is a Kenyan middle and long-distance runner. She won the 10,000 meters at the 2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. In 2022, on her marathon debut, she won the New York City Marathon. Quotes I'm really excited as they (Hellen Obiri, Peres Jepchirchir, Brigid Kosgei are my friends...It only makes the competition more fun when it’s that stacked. I'm excited to compare myself with all those women. Doug Feinberg, "Defending champion Sharon Lokedi leads loaded New York City Marathon women's field", ClickOnDetroit, August 9, 2023. "There is nothing more like friendship and walking together as a team and having that fighting spirit together. At the end we all lift our flag together." [] “There is something that confidence and self-belief do to you.” Sharon Lokedi: ‘There is more to the marathon than winning’THE EasternAfrica(May 09, 2026) “The hardest part of race is actually never the race itself but the training.” Sharon Lokedi: ‘There is more to the marathon than winning’THE EasternAfrica(May 09, 2026) “It's never easy to go back and do it all over again, especially to defend your title.” Sharon Lokedi: ‘There is more to the marathon than winning’THE EasternAfrica(May 09, 2026) “You can’t run alone.” Sharon Lokedi: ‘There is more to the marathon than winning’THE EasternAfrica(May 09, 2026) “You realise running is about more than winning.” Sharon Lokedi: ‘There is more to the marathon than winning’THE EasternAfrica(May 09, 2026) “Competing was never on my bucket list.” Sharon Lokedi: ‘There is more to the marathon than winning’THE EasternAfrica(May 09, 2026) "Every time ​you do a marathon, you think it's going to ​get easier, but it never really does," Lokedi aims to repeat Boston Marathon win after record-breaking runReuters(April 18, 2026) "It's always a different race. It's always a different ​group of women, a different type of competition. So I just ‌treat ⁠it like it's a new race." Lokedi aims to repeat Boston Marathon win after record-breaking runReuters(April 18, 2026) "I've trained well, I've done all I could, and I'm excited. It's an ​open race — you ​never know — ⁠but I put myself there and hope for the best." Lokedi aims to repeat Boston Marathon win after record-breaking runReuters(April 18, 2026) "Just start controlled, keep a controlled pace," and as for the nerves that build in the days before ⁠the ​gun fires, Lokedi reframed them simply. Lokedi aims to repeat Boston Marathon win after record-breaking runReuters(April 18, 2026) "It's ​a good feeling because it tells you you're ready." Lokedi aims to repeat Boston Marathon win after record-breaking runReuters(April 18, 2026) External links Category:Living people Category:Women from Kenya Category:1994 births Category:Women born in the 1990s Category:Runners Category:Sportspeople from Kenya