Mary Kuria

Mary Kuria
Full name	Mary Wangari Kuria
nation	Kenya
birthday	29th November 1987 (age 32)
place of birth	Kenya
size	155 cm
Weight	47 kg
job	policewoman
Career
discipline	Middle distance run
Medal table
Africa Games 0 × 1 × 0 × African Championships 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Africa Games silver Rabat 2019 1500 m  African Championships silver Porto-Novo 2012 1500 m
last change: September 4, 2019

Mary Wangari Kuria (born November 29, 1987 ) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1,500 meter run .

Athletic career

Mary Kuria gained her first international experience at the 2012 African Championships in Porto-Novo , where she won the silver medal behind Moroccan Rababe Arafi in 4: 06.22 minutes . In 2018 she took part in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast for the first time, finishing ninth there in 4: 05.88 minutes. In August, she was seventh at the African Championships in Asaba in 4: 17.70 min. The following year she won the silver medal behind her compatriot Quailyne Jebiwott Kiprop at the African Games in Rabat in 4: 20.19 minutes .

Personal bests

• 800 meters: 2: 00.80 min, July 6, 2018 in Guadalajara
• 1500 meters: 4: 03.18 min, September 4, 2012 in Rovereto
• Mile: 4: 29.82 min, July 2nd, 2018 in Székesfehérvár
• 3000 meters: 8: 49.16 min, May 3, 2019 in Doha

Web links

• Mary Kuria in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Profile at the CG Games 2018