Margaret Nyairera Wambui (born 15 September 1995) is a Kenyan

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

specialising 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 t ...

. 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. In 2019, it was revealed that Wambui was born with the 46,XY karyotype and an

intersex Intersex people are individuals born with any of several sex characteristics including chromosome patterns, gonads, or genitals that, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical bin ...

condition after her qualification for IAAF women's competition was affected by the association's new regulations for athletes with XY

disorders of sex development Disorders of sex development (DSDs), also known as differences in sex development, diverse sex development and variations in sex characteristics (VSC), are congenital conditions affecting the reproductive system, in which development of chromo ...

, testosterone levels above 5 nmol/L, and androgen sensitivity.

Competition record

¹Did not finish in the final

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* Kenyan female middle-distance runners Living people People from Nyeri County Sportspeople from Central Province (Kenya) 1995 births World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Kenya Olympic bronze medalists for Kenya Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Intersex women Intersex sportspeople Sex verification in sports Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub