Margaret Wambui
 Wambui at the 2016 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 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 | 800 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 1:56.89 (outdoors, 2016) 2:00.44 (indoors, 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
In 2019, it was revealed that Wambui was born with the 46,XY
She was one of the athletes whose cases were profiled in Phyllis Ellis's 2022 documentary film Category: Woman.[9]
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Kenya
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| 2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 1st | 800 m | 2:00.49 |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China
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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
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2nd | 400 m | 52.24 | |
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:30.21 | |||
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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3rd | 800 m | 1:56.89 | |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom
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4th | 800 m | 1:57.54 |
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom
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– | 800 m | DQ |
| Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia
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2nd | 800 m | 1:58.07 | |
| African Championships | Asaba, Nigeria
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7th (h) | 800 m | 2:02.801 | |
1Did not finish in the final
References
- ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ Margaret Wambui at World Athletics
- ^ 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 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Kenya's Margaret Nyairera Wambui runs a lifetime best to win women's 800: IAAF Junior World Championships 2014". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5681/AT-800-W-f----.RS6.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "IAAF: 800 Metres Result | The XXXI Olympic Games | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ Francis, Anne (22 May 2019). "Olympic 800m bronze medallist Margaret Wambui banned from Stockholm Diamond League". Running. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ "Executive Summary" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ Elisabetta Bianchini, "'Category: Woman' documentary calls out the human rights violation of defining a woman in sports". Yahoo! News, May 9, 2022.
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