Margaret Okayo

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Margaret Okayo (born May 30, 1976 in Masaba, Kisii District) is a successful marathon runner from Kenya. She has won a number of major marathons.

Amongst her most successful races are the wins at the New York Marathon in 2003 and the Boston Marathon in 2002. On both these courses she holds the course record. She set a new world record over the marathon distance on 4 November 2001 in New York, a record she no longer holds.

Other marathons won by Okayo include the London Marathon in 2004, the marathons of Milan in 2003, San Diego in 2000 and 2001. She represented her native Kenya in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, but did not finish the marathon. She spends three months of every year training in Italy.

Okayo is from the Gusii tribe. She graduated from the Itierio Secondary School, located near Kisii town, in 1993. She was recruited by Kenya Prisons in 1995 where she nurtured her running career.

[edit] External links

• IAAF profile for Margaret Okayo
• IAAF: Focus on Athletes

Sporting positions
Preceded by Irina Bogachova	San Diego Women's Marathon Winner 2000 – 2001	Succeeded by Alice Chelangat
Preceded by Paula Radcliffe	London Women's Marathon Winner 2004	Succeeded by Paula Radcliffe