Fortunate Chidzivo

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Fortunate Chidzivo
Personal information
NationalityZimbabwean
Born (1987-03-16) 16 March 1987 (age 36)
Sport
SportLong-distance running
Event(s)Marathon

Fortunate Chidzivo (born 16 March 1987) is a Zimbabwean long distance runner. [1] She competed in the women's marathon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. [2]

In 2019, she represented Zimbabwe at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. [3] She competed in the women's half marathon and she finished in 6th place with a time of 1:13:47. [3] In 2020, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland, where she improved her national record. [4]

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References

  1. "Fortunate Chidzivo". IAAF. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  2. "Marathon women". IAAF. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 "2019 African Games – Athletics – Women's Half Marathon – Final". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  4. "Women's Half Marathon" (PDF). 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.