Edith Masai
Edith Chewanjel Masai (born 4 April 1967) is a Kenyan former long-distance runner who specialised in cross country and track races, then road races in her late career. She represented Kenya at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her best achievements are three individual gold medals in the short race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships between 2002 and 2004.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics | ||
| Representing Kenya | ||
| World Championships | ||
| 2003 Paris | 5000 m | |
| World Cross Country Championships | ||
| 2002 Dublin | Short race | |
| 2003 Lausanne | Short race | |
| 2004 Brussels | Short race | |
| 2001 Ostend | Short race | |
| African Championships | ||
| 2006 Bambous | 10,000 m | |
| All-Africa Games | ||
| 2007 Algiers | 10,000 m | |
She is also known for reaching global top at the age of 35. On the track she was the bronze medallist over 5000 metres at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics and was the 2006 African Champion over 10,000 metres. She has also won silver medals over 10,000 m at the 2007 All-Africa Games and 5000 m at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
Her track best of 8:23.23 minutes for the 3000 metres, set in 2002, remains the African record for the event. Over the marathon distance, she ran her career best of 2:27:06 hours to win the 2005 Hamburg Marathon.