Florence Jebet Kiplagat is a Kenyan long-distance runner born February 27, 1987 in Marakwet, regarded as one of the most decorated road runners of the 2010s. She rose to international attention in 2009 when she won the long race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Amman, becoming the second Kenyan woman to claim the title. The following year she added the World Half Marathon Championships in Nanning, cementing her status across cross country and the roads.
Kiplagat made her marathon breakthrough at the 2011 Berlin Marathon, winning in 2:19:44 to set her personal best and become one of only a handful of women under 2:20. She returned to Berlin in 2013 for a second victory, then moved to Chicago and won the World Marathon Major in back-to-back years in 2015 and 2016. Her four WMM titles across Berlin and Chicago place her among the top Kenyan marathoners of her generation.
On the half marathon she twice broke the world record in Barcelona, running 1:05:12 in 2014 and lowering it to 1:05:09 in 2015, a mark that stood until 2017. Coached by Renato Canova and managed by Global Sports Communication, Kiplagat has built a career defined by range, winning global titles on grass, on the roads, and at the marathon distance.