Agnes Jebet Tirop found dead

Agnes Jebet Tirop dies at 25: The world champion who won the 10,000-meter medal found dead with a stab wound at her home

Two-time World Championship bronze medalist Agnes Tirop has been found stabbed to death at her home in Kenya.

The 25-year-old won bronze medals at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships in the 10,000m, also winning the 2015 World Cross Country Championships.

Chairperson of Kenya Athletics in the Nairobi Region, Barnaba Korir, confirmed the tragic news of the incident which occurred in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County.

Statement from Athletics Kenya

Kenya Athletics are this afternoon distracted to learn about the untimely death of World 10,000m bronze medalist Agnes Tirop.

Tirop was found dead at their home in Iten after she was allegedly stabbed by her husband. We are still working to unearth more details surrounding her demise.

Kenya has lost a jewel who was one of the fastest-rising athletics giants on the international stage, thanks to her eye-catching performances on the track.

Just last month, she broke the women-only record in the women’s 10km at Road to Records in Germany, timing 30:01.

Last week, she finished an impressive second, timing 30:20 at the Valencia Half Marathon.

Tirop’s decorated CV also includes a World Cross Country title in 2015 during which she made history as the second youngest medalist at that level.

She also won the Africa Cross Country Championship in 2014 in Kampala, Uganda as well as the World Junior Cross Country Championship in 2013 in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

We pray that God may grant strength to family and friends at this difficult time.

photo from twitter @ athletics_kenya