Emily Cherotich Tuei

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Emily Tuei athletics
Full name Emily Cherotich Tuei
nation KenyaKenya Kenya
birthday 13th May 1986 (age 34)
place of birth Kericho , Kenya
size 160 cm
Weight 53 kg
Career
discipline 800 meter run
Best performance 1: 58.04 min
status active
Medal table
African Championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
 African Championships
bronze Durban 2016 800 m
last change: January 15, 2019

Emily Cherotich Tuei (born May 13, 1986 in Kericho ) is a Kenyan athlete who specializes in the 800-meter run .

Athletic career

Emily Tuei gained her first international experience at the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi , where she was eliminated in the first round of the 400-meter run with 55.80 seconds. Six years later, in which she hardly competed, she won the bronze medal in the 800-meter competition at the African Championships in Durban in 2: 00.70 min. At the IAAF World Relays 2017 in the Bahamas , she finished fifth in the Kenyan 4 x 800 meter relay in 8: 31.05 minutes. She also qualified for the World Championships in London , where she was eliminated in the first round in 2: 02.70 min . In 2018 she took part in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast for the first time and finished seventh there in 2: 01.74 minutes. In the summer she took part in the African Championships in Asaba and was eliminated there with 2: 03.40 minutes in the first round.

In 2018 Tuei became Kenyan champion in the 800 meter run.

Personal bests

  • 400 meters: 54.03 s, August 1, 2015 in Nairobi
  • 800 meters: 1: 58.04 min, June 27, 2018 in Nancy
    • 800 meters (hall): 2: 02.39 min, February 3, 2018 in Reykjavík

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