Margaret Wambui

Margaret Nyairera Wambui

Wambui at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1995-09-15) 15 September 1995
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 800 m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 1:56.89 (outdoors, 2016)
2:00.44 (indoors, 2016)
Medal record
Representing  Kenya
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 800 m
World Indoor Championships
2016 Portland 800 m
African Championships
2016 Durban 400 m
2016 Durban 4x400 m relay

Margaret Nyairera Wambui (born 15 September 1995) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.[2]

In her first international competition, she won the gold at the 2014 World Junior Championships.[3][4] She later competed at the 2015 World Championships without advancing from her heat. At the 2016 World Indoor Championships she won the bronze medal.[5] That same year she competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, setting a new personal best of 1:56.89 in the final, which also earned her a bronze.[6]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Kenya
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 1st 800 m 2:00.49
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 39th (h) 800 m 2:03.52
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 3rd 800 m 2:00.44
African Championships Durban, South Africa 2nd 400 m 52.24
3rd 4x400 m relay 3:30.21
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3rd 800 m 1:56.89

References

  1. ↑ Rio 2016 bio
  2. ↑ Margaret Wambui profile at IAAF
  3. ↑ https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sports/article/2000212665/kenya-s-hope-nyairera-only-kenyan-in-800m-final-as-hunt-for-more-medals-continue
  4. ↑ http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2014/07/kenyas_margaret_nyairera_wambu.html
  5. ↑ http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5681/AT-800-W-f----.RS6.pdf
  6. ↑ https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxi-olympic-games-5771/results/women/800-metres/final/result#resultheader

Margaret Wambui profile at IAAF

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