 Wambui at the 2016 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 karyotype and an intersex condition after her qualification for IAAF women's competition was affected by the association's new regulations for athletes with XY disorders of sex development, testosterone levels above 5 nmol/L, and androgen sensitivity.[7][8]
She was one of the athletes whose cases were profiled in Phyllis Ellis's 2022 documentary film Category: Woman.[9]
Competition record[edit]
| 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 | 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 | 2nd | 400 m | 52.24 | |
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:30.21 | |||
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 3rd | 800 m | 1:56.89 | |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 4th | 800 m | 1:57.54 |
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | – | 800 m | DQ |
| Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 2nd | 800 m | 1:58.07 | |
| African Championships | Asaba, Nigeria | 7th (h) | 800 m | 2:02.801 | |
1Did not finish in the final
References[edit]
- ^ "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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