Margaret Wambui

Margaret Nyairera Wambui
Wambui at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1995-09-15) 15 September 1995
Nyeri, Kenya[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 800 metres
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 Portland800 m
African Championships
2016 Durban400 m
2016 Durban4x400 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 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.21
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3rd 800 m 1:56.89
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 4th 800 m 1:57.54
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom – 800 m DQ
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 2nd 800 m 1:58.07
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 7th (h) 800 m 2:02.801

1Did not finish in the final

References

  1. ↑ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Margaret Wambui at IAAF
  3. ↑ Janeiro, Bismarck Mutahi in Rio de. "Kenya's hope: Nyairera only Kenyan in 800m final as hunt for more medals continue". Standard Digital News. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  4. ↑ "Kenya's Margaret Nyairera Wambui runs a lifetime best to win women's 800: IAAF Junior World Championships 2014". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  5. ↑ http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5681/AT-800-W-f----.RS6.pdf
  6. ↑ "IAAF: 800 Metres Result | The XXXI Olympic Games | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2018-05-03.

Margaret Wambui at IAAF


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