Selina Chirchir Kimaiyo (born August 28, 1968) is a retired Kenyan middle-distance and marathon runner. She competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics while still a schoolgirl at the Sing'ore Girls' Secondary School in Iten.
She won women's 800 metres at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics and finished second in 1500 metres.gbrathletics: IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS The next year she won two gold medals (800 and 1500 metres) at the 1987 All-Africa Games, held in Nairobi, Kenya. At the 1987 World Championships she failed to make the final. At the 1996 Summer Olympics she represented Kenya at marathon, but did not finish. Her marathon record, 2:32:36, was run at the Houston Marathon in January, 1996.
In 1998, she won the San Francisco Marathon.PRNewswire, July 12, 1998: Frenchman Captures Victory at the Providian San Francisco Marathon; Kenyan Dominates the Women's Field She was still active in 2000 when she won the Trinidad and Tobago Marathon.CLICO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO INTERNATIONAL MARATHON WINNERS (1983-2003)
International competitions Representing 1986World Junior ChampionshipsAthens, Greece1st800m2:01.402nd1500m4:15.591987All-Africa GamesNairobi, Kenya 1st800 m2:03.22 1st1500 m4:13.911995Corrida de LangueuxLangueux, France 1st10 km1996Olympic Games Atlanta, United States—MarathonDNF1998San Francisco MarathonSan Francisco, United States1stMarathon2:45:36
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