Beryl Wamira

Beryl Wamira
Personal information
Full nameBeryl Atieno Wamira
NationalityKenyan
Born (1995-06-20) 20 June 1995 (age 29)
Sport
Country Kenya
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Kenya
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Deaflympics 1 2 0
Deaflympics
Gold medal – first place Sofia 2013 200m
Silver medal – second place Samsun 2017 100m
Silver medal – second place Samsun 2017 200m

Beryl Atieno Wamira (born 20 June 1995) is a Kenyan female deaf track and field athlete.[1] She competed in the 2013 Summer Deaflympics and in the 2017 Summer Deaflympics representing Kenya. She has won a total of 3 medals in her Deaflympic career including a Junior deaf world record breaking gold medal in the women's 200m event during the 2013 Summer Deaflympics.[2]

She too clinched silver medals in the women's 100m and 200m events at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics.[3][4][5] Beryl Wamira currently holds the youth (junior) deaf world records in athletics for women in the 100m, 200m individual events and both of her deaf junior world records were set by her in the 2013 Summer Deaflympics.[6][7][2]

References

  1. ^ "Beryl Wamira | ICSD". www.ciss.org. ICSD. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  2. ^ a b "200m Deaf junior world records for women | ICSD". www.ciss.org. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  3. ^ "Women's 100m | 2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  4. ^ "Women's 200m | 2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  5. ^ "Beryl Wamira | Athletics News". Athletics News. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  6. ^ "Deaf Junior world records in Athletics | ICSD". www.ciss.org. Archived from the original on 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  7. ^ "World Deaf 100m junior World records for women | ICSD". www.ciss.org. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-30.


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