Maria Awori Explained

Maria Awori
Fullname:Maria Awori
Strokes:Freestyle
Birth Date:8 November 1984
Height:1.60NaN0
Weight:470NaN0
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Maria Awori (born November 8, 1984) is a Kenyan former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Awori competed for Kenya, as a 15-year-old teen, in the women's 100 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 1:04.00.[2] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including fellow 15-year-old Nathalie Lee Baw of Mauritius. She raced to the third seed in a time of 1:06.23, more than two seconds below her entry standard. Awori failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-ninth overall in the prelims.[3] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Maria Awori. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025252/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/aw/maria-awori-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 24 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 14 June 2013.
  3. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 1 . . . . 174 . 14 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
  4. Web site: Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 100m Freestyle). https://archive.today/20130616020339/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesResults/sep20.html. usurped. June 16, 2013. Canoe.ca. 14 June 2013.
  5. Web site: Results from Swimming – Day 5 Prelims. Sydney 2000. Canoe.ca. 19 June 2013.

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