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{{Short description|Kenyan track and field athlete}}
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{{MedalTableTop|nation=KEN|sport=Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]|medals=
{{Medal|Competition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|3000 m steeplechase]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold| [[2001 World Championships in Athletics|2001 Edmonton]] | [[2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]]|3000 m steeplechase}}
}}

'''Reuben Seroney Kosgei''' (born 2 August 1979 in [[Kapcherop]], [[Kenya]]), is a [[Middle distance track event|middle]] and [[Long-distance track event|long distance]] [[Athletics (sport)|athlete]] most famous for [[steeplechase (athletics)|3000&nbsp;m steeplechase]] in which he became the youngest ever winner of an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[gold medal]] in the event, when, at the age of 21, he ran to victory in [[Sydney]] 2000 with a winning time of 8 minutes 21.43 seconds.

At the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] he won a bronze medal in the steeplechase race.

He made his [[marathon]] debut at the 2009 [[Vienna Marathon]], but did not finish the race. He finished 2nd at the 2009 [[Florence Marathon]]<ref>IAAF, 29 November 2009: [http://www.iaaf.org/LRR09/news/newsid=54999.html Kipruto holds off Kosgei by a second in Florence]</ref>

A regular visitor to Australia, Kosgei won the 2009 Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon in 64:18 and returned in 2010 to place 3rd in Perth's City to Surf Marathon.  He won the 2011 Perth City to Surf 12&nbsp;km event, the 2011 Bridge to Brisbane fun run, the 2011 Adelaide City-Bay fun run and most recently, came second in the 2015 Adelaide City-Bay fun run. As of 2013, Kosgei intends on making Australia his home.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

==Major achievements==
(all 3000&nbsp;m steeplechase)
*2000
**[[2000 Summer Olympics]] – Sydney, [[Australia]]
***gold medal
*1998
**[[1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics|1998 IAAF World Junior Championships]] – [[Annecy]], [[France]]
***gold medal
*2001
**[[2001 World Championships in Athletics]] – [[Edmonton, Alberta|Edmonton]], [[Canada]]
***gold medal
**[[Goodwill Games]] – [[Brisbane]], Australia
***silver medal

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions 3000 m Steeplechase Men}}
{{Footer World Champions 3000 m steeplechase Men}}

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