Naomi Korir (born 1 September 1998) is Kenyan track and field athlete who competes as a
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 ...
.
Career
In 2021, alongside
Ferguson Rotich
Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich (born 30 November 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. He has a personal best of 1:42.54 minutes for the event. He represented Kenya at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and wa ...
, Korir took second place in the Mixed 2x2x400m relay at the World Athletics Relays Championships in
Silesia
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, Poland.
She competed for Kenya at the
in
Belgrade
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.
She competed for Kenya at the
2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres in
Budapest
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.
She competed for Kenya at the
2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres.
References
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1998 births
Living people
Kenyan female middle-distance runners
Place of birth missing (living people)
World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya
21st-century Kenyan women
21st-century Kenyan people