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{{Short description|Kenyan runner}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|birth_date=21 March 1978
|birth_place=
|medaltemplates={{Medal|Sport | Women's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country | {{KEN}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold |[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]]| [[1997 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze |[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|1993 Stuttgart]]| [[1993 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]}}
}}
'''Sally Barsosio''' (born 21 March 1978 in [[Keiyo District]]) is a Kenyan distance runner. {{As of|2015}}, Barsosio is the youngest ever medallist at the [[World Junior Championships in Athletics]], at 14 years and 182 days.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110304040647/http://www2.iaaf.org/WJC02/History/YoungestChampions.asp?imgh=History Youngest Champions and Medallists]. IAAF (archived). Retrieved 2015-08-16.</ref>

==Career==
In 1993, aged 15 years 153 days, she won the [[10,000 metres]] bronze medal at the [[1993 World Championships in Athletics]] after initially being disqualified for impeding fellow runners, most notably [[Elana Meyer]] who rather dramatically dropped out of the race. This made her the youngest ever person to win a medal at the World Championships in Athletics.<ref name=Moscow>Butler, Mark et al. (2013). [http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/Moscow-2013-Statistics/sources/projet/IAAF-Moscow.pdf IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20141012091910/http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/Moscow-2013-Statistics/sources/projet/IAAF-Moscow.pdf archived]). IAAF. Retrieved 2015-07-06.</ref>

She was the winner of the inaugural [[Cross Internacional de Soria]] meeting in 1994.<ref name=Historia>[http://www.anoc.es/historia/soria Historia del Cross Internacional de Soria] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091210225549/http://anoc.es/historia/soria |date=10 December 2009 }} {{in lang|es}}. [[Asociación Nacional de Organizadores de Cross|ANOC]]. Retrieved 2009-11-29.</ref>

Sally returned to the world championships in 1995 taking 11th place and in 1997 when she won the 10,000m gold medal, becoming the first Kenyan woman to win a senior track title. Adding to her position as the youngest medallist, this win made her the youngest ever champion of the 10,000&nbsp;m.<ref name=Moscow/>

She trains with PACE Sports Management and is coached by Ricky Simms.

Her sisters [[Florence Barsosio]] and Chepkemoi Barsosio and her cousin [[Susan Sirma]] are also Kenyan runners.<ref>Daily News (Los Angeles, CA), 31 March 1996: [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/KENYAN+WOMEN+FEEL+OLYMPIC+HEAT-a083933649 KENYAN WOMEN FEEL OLYMPIC HEAT]</ref>

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==External links==
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[[Category:Athletes from Elgeyo-Marakwet County]]
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[[Category:Olympic athletes for Kenya]]
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[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:African Games gold medalists for Kenya]]
[[Category:African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
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[[Category:Goodwill Games medalists in athletics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 All-Africa Games]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games]]


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