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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 December 2024. South African middle-distance runner (born 1991) Caster Semenya OIB Caster Semenya in 2018 Personal information Nationality South African Born (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 33) Pietersburg, South Africa Alma mater North-West University Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Weight 70 kg (154 lb ...
Christine Mboma (born 22 May 2003) [2] [3] is a Namibian sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 m.At the age of 18, she won a silver medal in the 200 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first ever Namibian woman to win a women's Olympic medal and breaking the world under-20 and African senior record. [4]
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.
Mary Moraa (born 15 June 2000) [2] is a Kenyan athlete who specialises in the 800 metres.She won the gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, a bronze medal in the event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and a gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Fatuma Roba (Amharic: ፋጡማ ሮባ; born 18 December 1973) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, best known for being the first African woman to win a gold medal in the women's Olympic marathon race, at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and for winning three successive Boston Marathons.
The 21-year-old pulled off a stunner (sort of) in the men's 200 meters at the Paris Olympics on Thursday night, producing the first-ever Olympic gold by an African runner in the distance.
The misperception in the British press was that African runners lacked the stamina or tactical acumen to challenge the Europeans who had dominated the middle- and long-distance events for decades.
Zola Budd (also known as Zola Pieterse; born 26 May 1966) is a South African middle-distance and long-distance runner. She competed at the 1984 Olympic Games for Great Britain and the 1992 Olympic Games for South Africa, both times in the 3000 metres. In 1984 (unratified) and 1985, she broke the world record in the 5000 metres.