Francisca Chepkurui
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Born | (1963-09-11) September 11, 1963 (age 60)[1] |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 400 metres, 800 metres |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 400 m: 51.99 (1987) 800 m: 1:58.1 (1988)[1] |
Francisca Chepkurui, HSC[2] (born 11 September 1963) is a retired Kenyan middle-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 1987 All-Africa Games in Nairobi. Later in those games she anchored Kenya to a silver medal in set the 4 × 400 metres relay, setting a still-standing Kenyan record of 3:28.94.[1][3]
Later in the 1987 season, Chepkurui competed in the second-ever World Championships in Athletics in both the 400 m and the 4 × 400 m. She did not advance to the finals in either event.
In 1988, Chepkurui moved up to the 800 metres, culminating in August with a 1:58.1 hand-timed personal best which at the time was a Kenyan record and African record. Her national record stood until 2007.[4] She was viewed as a gold medal favorite for the 1988 Summer Olympics, but she was withdrawn from competition before the Games started.[5] The IAAF does not list any results for Chepkurui past 1988.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Francisca Chepkurui at World Athletics
- ^ "The Kenya Gazette" (PDF). 11 December 1987.
- ^ "Kenyan National Records". Athletics Kenya. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ ED ODEVEN (30 August 2007). "Worlds notebook; Day5". Japan Times.
- ^ Peter Njenga (2 August 2005). "Kenya: Women Plan to Upstage Men". Daily Nation.
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- 1973: Tekla Chemabwai (KEN)
- 1978: Kehinde Vaughan (NGR)
- 1987: Francisca Chepkurui (KEN)
- 1991–95: Fatima Yusuf (NGR)
- 1999: Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)
- 2003: Fatou Bintou Fall (SEN)
- 2007–11: Amantle Montsho (BOT)
- 2015: Kabange Mupopo (ZAM)
- 2019: Galefele Moroko (BOT)
- 2023: Mary Moraa (KEN)
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