Winfridah Moraa Moseti (born 10 February 1996) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and half marathon. Since emerging on the international scene in 2022, she has established herself among the world’s top performers, highlighted by a podium finish at a World Marathon Major.

Career Moseti’s professional career began gaining momentum in 2022, following her move to Iten in 2021, a high-altitude training center in Kenya renowned for producing world-class distance runners. The transition proved pivotal in developing her endurance and racecraft. That year, she recorded a personal best of 31:32 in the 10-kilometre road race and 32:22.3h in the 10,000 metres.

In 2024, Moseti achieved a personal best of 1:05:59 with a runner-up finish at the Málaga Half Marathon, and later claimed victory at the Bangsaen21 Half Marathon in Thailand with a time of 1:10:01.

After achieving strong finishes at several major international races, including ninth at the Milan Marathon, fourth at the Rome Marathon, fifth at the Paris Marathon, second at the Frankfurt Marathon, and third at both the Hamburg Marathon and the TCS Amsterdam Marathon, she delivered a breakthrough performance at the 2025 Tokyo Marathon. There, she secured a second-place finish in 2:16:56, a personal best, at one of the prestigious World Marathon Majors.

This achievement ranked her as the sixth-fastest Kenyan woman in history over the marathon distance. Moseti continues to train with the goal of representing Kenya at future World Athletics Championships and other global competitions.

Personal life Moseti's career is supported by her husband.

Personal bests Marathon: 2:16:56 (Tokyo, 2 March 2025) Half marathon: 1:05:59 (Málaga, 10 March 2024) 10 Kilometres Road: 31:32 (Iten, 10 June 2022) 10,000 Metres: 32:22.3h (29 March 2022)

Achievements Year Race City Position Time 2022 Milan Marathon Milan 9th 2:28:47 2022 TCS Amsterdam Marathon Amsterdam 3rd 2:23:44 2023 Rome Marathon Rome 4th 2:24:28 2023 Paris Marathon Paris 5th 2:21:49 2023 Hamburg Marathon Hamburg 3rd 2:21:24 2023 Frankfurt Marathon Frankfurt 2nd 2:21:10 2024 Malaga Half Marathon Málaga 2nd 1:05:59 (PB) 2024 Bangsaen21 Half Marathon Chonburi, Thailand 1st 1:10:01 2025 Tokyo Marathon Tokyo 2nd 2:16:56 (PB)

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