Margaret Wambui

Margaret Nyairera Wambui

Wambui at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1995-09-15) 15 September 1995 (age 21)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	800 m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	1:56.89 (outdoors, 2016) 2:00.44 (indoors, 2016)
Medal record Representing  Kenya Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 800 m World Indoor Championships 2016 Portland 800 m African Championships 2016 Durban 400 m 2016 Durban 4x400 m relay

Margaret Nyairera Wambui (born 15 September 1995) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.

In her first international competition, she won the gold at the 2014 World Junior Championships. She later competed at the 2015 World Championships without advancing from her heat. At the 2016 World Indoor Championships she won the bronze medal. 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.

Margaret Wambui profile at IAAF