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{{short description|Kenyan middle-distance runner}}
'''Susan Sirma''' (born May 26, 1966) is a retired [[Kenya]]n middle-distance runner best known for winning a bronze medal over 3000 metres at the [[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991 World Championships]], becoming the first black African woman to win a track and field medal at World Championship or Olympic level.

== Career ==
Sirma also won two gold medals over this distance at the [[All-Africa Games]], in fact the only times the 3000 metres was staged at the Games. In 1991 she also won the 1500 metres, her championship record still standing.

== Personal life ==
She attended the Singore Girls Secondary School in [[Iten]]. Later, she shifted her base to [[Japan]].<ref>NY Times, July 1, 1992: [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE2D91031F932A35754C0A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 OLYMPICS: BARCELONA PROFILE; African Women Reach Starting Line]</ref> Fellow Kenyan-born runners [[Sally Barsosio]]<ref>Daily News (Los Angeles, CA), March 31, 1996: [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/KENYAN+WOMEN+FEEL+OLYMPIC+HEAT-a083933649 KENYAN WOMEN FEEL OLYMPIC HEAT]</ref> and [[Lornah Kiplagat]] are her cousins.<ref>Running Times Magazine, May 2006: [http://runningtimes.com/Print.aspx?articleID=7793 Lornah - Inventing Herself and a Better World]</ref>

==Achievements==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{KEN}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1987
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1987 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]] 
|rowspan=2|[[Nairobi, Kenya]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|1500 m
|
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|3000 m
|
|-
|rowspan=4|1991
|rowspan=2|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 1500 metres|World Championships]] 
|rowspan=2|[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|7th
|1500 m
|
|-
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 3000 metres|3000 m]]
|8:39.41
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1991 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]] 
|rowspan=2|[[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|1500 m
|4:10.68 CR
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|3000 m 
|8:49.33 CR
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{World Athletics||name=Susan Sirma}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115947/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/susan-sirma-1.html sports-reference]

{{Footer All-Africa Champions 1500 m Women}}
{{Footer All-Africa Champions 5000 m Women}}
{{Japan Championships in Athletics women's 1500 metres champions}}

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[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Kenyan female middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Kenyan female cross country runners]]
[[Category:Olympic female middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Kenya]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:African Games gold medalists for Kenya]]
[[Category:African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:African Games silver medalists for Kenya]]
[[Category:African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:African Games athletes for Kenya]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 All-Africa Games]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Japan Championships in Athletics winners]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]


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