Boniface Mweresa
Appearance
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Born | Nyamira, Kenya | 13 November 1993||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Boniface Ontuga Mweresa (born 13 November 1993 in Nyamira) is a Kenyan sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.[2] 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).[3] He is a Commonwealth bronze medalist in the 4x400m relay at the 2022 Commonwealth games.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2012 | World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 7th | 400 m | 46.50 |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | – | 4 × 400 m relay | DQ | |
2015 | IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 12th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.92 |
African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 2nd | 400 m | 45.01 | |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:00.34 | |||
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 5th | 400 m | 46.86 |
African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.25 | |
2017 | IAAF World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 1st (B) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:06.36 |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 22nd (sf) | 400 m | 45.93 | |
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 16th (sf) | 400 m | 46.68 |
6th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:13.521 |
1Disqualified in the final
References
Categories:
- Kenyan male sprinters
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Olympic athletes for Kenya
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
- African Games gold medalists for Kenya
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya
- People from Nyamira County
- Sportspeople from Nyanza Province
- African Games silver medalists for Kenya
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Kenya
- 21st-century Kenyan people
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Kenya
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games