Francisca Chepkurui

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]

Francisca Chepkurui
Personal information
Born (1963-09-11) September 11, 1963[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 place1987 Nairobi400 m
Silver medal – second place1987 Nairobi4 × 400 m

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national record stood until 2007.[4] She was viewed as a gold medal favorite for the 1988 Summer Olympics, but she was withdrawn from competition before the Games started.[5] The IAAF does not list any results for Chepkurui past 1988.[1]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