Maria Awori

Maria Awori
Personal information
Full name Maria Awori
National team  Kenya
Born (1984-11-08) 8 November 1984
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 47 kg (104 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Maria Awori (born November 8, 1984) is a Kenyan former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Awori competed for Kenya, as a 15-year-old teen, in the women's 100 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 1:04.00.[2] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including fellow 15-year-old Nathalie Lee Baw of Mauritius. She raced to the third seed in a time of 1:06.23, more than two seconds below her entry standard. Awori failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-ninth overall in the prelims.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Maria Awori". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 174. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 100m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Results from Swimming – Day 5 Prelims". Sydney 2000. Canoe.ca. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
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