Boniface Mweresa Explained

Boniface Ontuga Mweresa
Birth Date:13 November 1993
Birth Place:Nyamira, Kenya
Height:1.74 m[1]
Weight:74 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:400 m

Boniface Ontuga Mweresa (born 13 November 1993 in Nyamira) is a Kenyan sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. He competed in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics. His personal bests in the event are 44.96 seconds outdoors (Birmingham 2022) and 46.33 seconds indoors (Portland 2016). He is a Commonwealth bronze medalist in the 4x400m relay at the 2022 Commonwealth games.

Competition record

Representing
2012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain7th400 m46.50
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom4 × 400 m relayDQ
2015IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamas12th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:05.92
African GamesBrazzaville, Republic of the Congobgcolor=silver2nd400 m45.01
bgcolor=gold1st4 × 400 m relay3:00.34
2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States5th400 m46.86
African ChampionshipsDurban, South Africabgcolor=silver2nd4 × 400 m relay3:04.25
2017IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamasbgcolor=gold1st (B)4 × 400 m relay3:06.36
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom22nd (sf)400 m45.93
2018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia16th (sf)400 m46.68
6th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:13.521
2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom4th4 × 400 m relay3:06.71
African ChampionshipsDouala, Cameroon4th400 m45.62
1Disqualified in the final

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418061800/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mw/boniface-mweresa-1.html Sports Reference profile