Maria Awori (born November 8, 1984) is a Kenyan former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Awori competed for

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, as a 15-year-old teen, in the women's 100 m freestyle at the

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. She received a ticket from

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, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 1:04.00. She challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including fellow 15-year-old

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of Mauritius. She raced to the third seed in a time of 1:06.23, more than two seconds below her entry standard. Awori failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-ninth overall in the prelims.

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1984 births Living people Kenyan female swimmers Olympic swimmers of Kenya Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Kenyan female freestyle swimmers {{Kenya-swimming-bio-stub