Francisca Chepkurui

Francisca Chepkurui
Personal information
Born (1963-09-11) September 11, 1963 (age 61)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)400 metres, 800 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400 m: 51.99 (1987)
800 m: 1:58.1 (1988)[1]
Medal record
Representing  Kenya
African Games
Gold medal – first place 1987 Nairobi 400 m
Silver medal – second place 1987 Nairobi 4 × 400 m

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national record stood until 2007.[4] She was viewed as a gold medal favorite for the 1988 Summer Olympics, but she was withdrawn from competition before the Games started.[5] The IAAF does not list any results for Chepkurui past 1988.[1]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

  1. ^ a b c d Francisca Chepkurui at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "The Kenya Gazette" (PDF). 11 December 1987.
  3. ^ "Kenyan National Records". Athletics Kenya. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  4. ^ ED ODEVEN (30 August 2007). "Worlds notebook; Day5". Japan Times.
  5. ^ Peter Njenga (2 August 2005). "Kenya: Women Plan to Upstage Men". Daily Nation.


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