Winnie Nanyondo (born 23 August 1993, in

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) is a

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middle- and

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. She has represented her native country in several important international events, including both the

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and

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, the 2014

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, the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

, the

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, and the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics.

Career

2012–2013

At the 2012 World Junior Championships, she reached the final in the

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after running a personal best of 2:02.38 in her semi-final. The final was won by American Ajee' Wilson in a personal best of 2:00.91, with Nanyondo finishing a disappointing last in 2:07.23. A year later, at the 2013 Summer Universiade in the

, her 2:02.96 finish time in the semi-finals was not fast enough to advance to the final. Nor did her 4:28.77 finish time in the semi-finals of the

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qualify her for the final.

2014

In 2014, Uganda hosted the Universiade World Cross Country Championships. Nanyondo took a 30-second victory to lead the home team to a 1-2-3 sweep and the team championship.Bakama, James. "Nanyondo predicted gold and got it".
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on July 27, 2014. Accessed 14 September 2019. Later in the year, she improved her track performance, taking her 800 metres time under 2:00.00 with a 1:59.27 race-winning performance in the

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meet. A little more than a month later, at the

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meet in

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, she again improved her personal best in the 800 meters to 1:58.63, which placed her third behind second-place finisher and 2013 world champion

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(1:57.92) and the winner Ajee' Wilson (1:57.67). At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Nanyondo won a bronze medal for finishing third in the

final with a time of 2:01.38, just behind Sum of Kenya and

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of Scotland.

2015–2016

In 2015 and 2016, she raced slower than her personal best in the 800 metres, failing to run faster than 2 minutes flat. She ran her season's best time of 2:01.97 at a race in

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on 11 July 2015, finishing third.Winnie Nanyondo: full profile".
IAAF Diamond League. Section: Progression - 800m. Accessed 3 October 2016. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she did not advance out of the first round of the 800 metres event, finishing sixth in heat #5 in a time of 2:02.77. However, she improved her personal best at 1500 metres in Kawasaki, Japan, on 10 May 2015, finishing the race in 4:17.13.

Education

She is an industrial art and design student at

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International competitions

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nanyondo, Winnie 1993 births Living people Ugandan female middle-distance runners Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Uganda Competitors at the 2013 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games African Games competitors for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kampala Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games