Personal information | |
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Nationality | Tanzanian |
Born | 25 February 1996 |
Sport | |
Sport | Long-distance running |
Event | Marathon |
Magdalena Crispin Shauri (born 25 February 1996) is a Tanzanian long distance runner. [1] [2] She competed in the women's marathon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. [3] In 2019, she competed in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. [4] She finished in 49th place. [4] In the 2024 Olympic Games marathon in Paris, she ran a time of 2:31:58, good for 40th place.
Shauri holds the Tanzanian record for the marathon (women) with a time of 2:18:41. She set that record at the 2023 Berlin Marathon where she finished in 3rd place (behind Tigst Assefa who broke the world record in 2:11:53). Shauri's P.R. for the half-marathon is 1:06:37, set in 2020.
Charlotte Lucy Purdue is a British long-distance runner who competes in the Marathon and Half Marathon, as well as cross country running for Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletics Club. After winning a number of youth titles at national level, she had her first international success at the European Cross Country Championships, winning medals in the junior races of 2007 and 2008. She was also the best European junior at the World Cross Country Championships those years.
Hitomi Niiya is a Japanese professional long-distance runner who competes in track, cross country running and marathon races. Niiya competed for Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is a two-time silver medallist at the Asian Athletics Championships and has represented Japan three times at the World Athletics Championships. She represents Team Toyota Industries in national competition.
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