Faith Macharia (born 9 February 1976,

Nyeri, Kenya Nyeri is a town situated in the Central Highlands of Kenya. It is the county headquarters of Nyeri County. The town was the central administrative headquarters of the country's former Central Province. Following the dissolution of the former p ...

) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

. In 2001, she set a new Kenyan record over 1000 metres (2:35.39), still valid in 2007.Bislett Games 2007 - Biographical summaries 1500m women
/ref> She trains with PACE Sports Management and is coached by Ricky Simms.

Competition record

Personal bests

- 1:58.34 min (2001) *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

- 4:08.04 min (1999)

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Pace Sports Management
1976 births Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Kenyan female middle-distance runners Living people Olympic athletes for Kenya People from Nyeri County Sportspeople from Central Province (Kenya) Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games African Games competitors for Kenya 20th-century Kenyan women 21st-century Kenyan women 21st-century Kenyan people {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub