Jackline Maranga (born December 16, 1977, in Nyanturago,

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) is a retired

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n middle-distance runner. She won a silver medal at the World Junior Championships at the age of 15, and also won silver medals in the two following Championships, being the only athlete to do so. She is perhaps best known for winning the

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gold at the

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. Together with 10000 metres winner Esther Wanjiru, she became the first Kenyan woman to win Commonwealth Games gold medal. She is also a world champion in

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as she won the women's short course at the 1999

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. Maranga is married to

Tom Nyariki Tom ("Thomas") Nyariki (born September 27, 1971, in Nyamira) is a long-distance runner from Kenya. Most notably he won a bronze medal on the 5,000 metres at the 1997 World Championships. Nyariki is married to Jackline Maranga. Nyariki r ...

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1977 births Living people Kenyan female long-distance runners Kenyan female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Cross Country Championships winners Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Kenya World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya African Games silver medalists for Kenya African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Kenyan female cross country runners African Games bronze medalists for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub