Beryl Atieno Wamira (born 20 June 1995) is a Kenyan female deaf track and field athlete.[1] She competed in the 2013 Summer Deaflympics and in the 2017 Summer Deaflympics representing Kenya. She has won a total of 3 medals in her Deaflympic career including a Junior deaf world record breaking gold medal in the women's 200m event during the 2013 Summer Deaflympics.[2]
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| Full name | Beryl Atieno Wamira | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Kenyan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 June 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Kenya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She too clinched silver medals in the women's 100m and 200m events at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics.[3][4][5] Beryl Wamira currently holds the youth (junior) deaf world records in athletics for women in the 100m, 200m individual events and both of her deaf junior world records were set by her in the 2013 Summer Deaflympics.[6][7][2]
References
edit- ^ "Beryl Wamira | ICSD". www.ciss.org. ICSD. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- ^ a b "200m Deaf junior world records for women | ICSD". www.ciss.org. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- ^ "Women's 100m | 2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- ^ "Women's 200m | 2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- ^ "Beryl Wamira | Athletics News". Athletics News. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- ^ "Deaf Junior world records in Athletics | ICSD". www.ciss.org. Archived from the original on 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- ^ "World Deaf 100m junior World records for women | ICSD". www.ciss.org. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
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