Agnes Tirop

Agnes Jebet Tirop (23 October 1995 – 13 October 2021) was a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. She mainly competed in the 5000 metres and cross country running. She won bronze medal in the 10,000 metres events at the 2017 and 2019. Tirop also competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Tirop was found dead in her home in Iten, Elgeyo-Marakwet County on 13 October 2021 with multiple stab wounds in the abdomen, aged 25.

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Category:1995 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:Olympians for Kenya
Category:Kenyan long-distance runners
Category:Murders by blade weapons
Category:Competitors at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:World record holders