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{{Short description|Kenyan middle-distance runner and marathoner}}
'''Selina Chirchir Kimaiyo''' (born August 28, 1968) is a retired [[Kenya]]n middle-distance and marathon runner.<ref>{{ARRS|1224}}</ref> She competed at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] while still a schoolgirl at the [[Sing'ore Girls' Secondary School]] in [[Iten]].

She won women's [[800 metres]] at the [[1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics]] and finished second in 1500 metres.<ref>gbrathletics: [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wj.htm IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS]</ref> The next year she won two gold medals (800 and [[1500 metres]]) at the [[Athletics at the 1987 All-Africa Games|1987 All-Africa Games]], held in [[Nairobi]], Kenya. At the [[1987 World Championships in Athletics|1987 World Championships]] she failed to make the final. At the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] she represented Kenya at marathon, but did not finish. Her marathon record, 2:32:36, was run at the [[Houston Marathon]] in January, 1996.

In 1998, she won the [[San Francisco Marathon]].<ref>PRNewswire, July 12, 1998: [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-12-1998/0000705006&EDATE= Frenchman Captures Victory at the Providian San Francisco Marathon; Kenyan Dominates the Women's Field] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517070202/http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=%2Fwww%2Fstory%2F07-12-1998%2F0000705006&EDATE= |date=2008-05-17 }}</ref> She was still active in 2000 when she won the Trinidad and Tobago Marathon.<ref>[http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Sport/sport_T&TMarathonWinners.htm CLICO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO INTERNATIONAL MARATHON WINNERS (1983-2003)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612220017/http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Sport/sport_T%26TMarathonWinners.htm |date=2007-06-12 }}</ref>

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{KEN}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1986
|rowspan=2|[[1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Athens]], Greece
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|800m
|[[1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|2:01.40]]
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|1500m
|[[1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres|4:15.59]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1987
|rowspan=2|[[1987 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Nairobi]], Kenya
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|800 m
|[[Athletics at the 1987 All-Africa Games|2:03.22]]
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|1500 m
|[[Athletics at the 1987 All-Africa Games|4:13.91]]
|-
|1995
|[[Corrida de Langueux]]
|[[Langueux]], France
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|10&nbsp;km
|
|-
|1996
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] 
|[[Atlanta]], United States
|&mdash;
|Marathon
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon|DNF]]
|-
|1998
|[[San Francisco Marathon]]
|[[San Francisco]], United States
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|Marathon
|2:45:36
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}
{{Footer World Junior Champions women's 800 metres}}{{Footer African Champions women's 800 metres}}
{{Footer All-Africa Champions 800 m Women}}
{{Footer All-Africa Champions 1500 m Women}}

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


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