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Pamela Jelimo

Biography

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Famous Track And Field Athletes From Kenya 📌

 

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800m - Pamela Jelimo - 1.54.01 - Golden League Zürich 2008

 

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Pamela Jelimo: The Former 800M Olympic Champion Back On Track

 

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JELIMO WINS GOLD.mov

 

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Istanbul 2012 Competition: 800m Women Final - Pamela Jelimo KEN

Pamela Jelimo is a Kenyan middle-distance runner, specialising in the 800 metres. She won the gold medal in this event at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing at the age of 18. She is the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic gold medal and also the first Kenyan to win the Golden League Jackpot. She holds both the 800 m world junior record and the senior African record over the same distance. Jelimo is also one of the youngest women to win an Olympic gold medal for Kenya.
  • Personal 

  • Breakthrough and Olympic Gold 2008 

  • Decline (2009–11) 

  • 2012 comeback