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| Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 October 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:58.96 (Nairobi, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sarah Moraa (born 26 October 2005) is a Kenyan middle distance runner. She was a gold medalist at the 2024 African Championships over 800 metres. [1]
Moraa attended Mogonga Pag Secondary School. [2] She is the cousin of Kenyan runner Mary Moraa, [3] [4] who has described her as her "kid sister" on social media. [5]
Moraa finished third at the Kenyan Olympic trials over 800 metres in June 2024. [6] [7] She won gold over that distance at the African Championships in Doula, Cameroon in June 2024, running a time of 2:00.27. [8] She won gold in the 800 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024. [9]
She ran a new personal best of 1:58.96 in the 800 metres at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi on 31 May 2025. [10] She was runner-up to Lilian Odira in the 800 metres at the Kenyan Athletics Championships in June 2025. [11] The following month, she placed third at the Athletics Kenya World Championship Trials. [12] She was subsequently named in the Kenyan team for the 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. [13]
