Nationality: | Bosnian |
Birth Date: | 1981 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Kajiado, Kenya |
Height: | [1] |
Weight: | 45kg (99lb) |
Country: | |
Sport: | Track |
Event: | 5000 meters, half marathon, marathon |
Coach: | Siniša Marčetić |
Club: | AK Borac[2] |
Pb: | 5000 m – 34:03.23 (2008) HM – 1:12:55 (2007) Marathon – 2:34:57 (2011) |
Updated: | 21 July 2012 |
Lucia Kimani Mwahiki-Marčetić (born 21 June 1981) is a Kenyan-born Bosnian long-distance runner who holds four Bosnian records over different distances.[3]
In 2004, she married her Bosnian husband Siniša Marčetić. They met earlier that year in Salzburg, Austria, where they ran a half-marathon race. On 19 August 2005, they moved to Bosnia and Herzegovina and currently live in Banja Luka.[4] Her husband is from Prijedor.[5] In 2006 Lucia received Bosnian citizenship.[2]
Lucia was part of the Bosnian Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She withdrew from the 2012 marathon race due to a back injury, but competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[2] On 23 December 2008, she was voted the best Bosnian female athlete of 2008.[6] She won the Skopje Marathon in 2010 and the Cracovia Marathon in 2012.[7] In 2013, together with her husband she opened a running school in Prijedor.[2]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes | |
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2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, PR China | 42nd | Marathon | 2:35:47 | |
2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | DNF | Marathon | DNF | |
2016[8] | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brasil | 116th | Marathon | 2:58:22 |