Selina Chirchir (born August 28, 1968) is a retired

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n middle-distance runner and a marathoner. She competed at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

while still a schoolgirl at the Sing'ore Girls' Secondary School in

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. She won women's

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at the

1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was the inaugural 1986 edition of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Athens, Greece on 16–20 July. Results Men Women Medal table Participation According to an un ...

and finished second in 1500 metres. The next year she won two gold medals (800 and

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) at the

1987 All-Africa Games The 4th All-Africa Games were played from August 1, 1987, to August 12, 1987, in Nairobi, Kenya. 42 countries participated in fourteen sports. From the beginning the intent had been to hold the African Games every four years. Economic difficulti ...

, held in

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, Kenya. At the 1987 World Championships she failed to make the final. At the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

she represented Kenya at marathon, but did not finish. Her marathon record, 2:32:36, was run at the

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in January, 1996. In 1998, she won the

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. She was still active in 2000 when she won the Trinidad and Tobago Marathon.CLICO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO INTERNATIONAL MARATHON WINNERS (1983-2003)

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* 1968 births Living people Kenyan female middle-distance runners Kenyan female long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics African Games gold medalists for Kenya African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games World Athletics U20 Championships winners {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub