Boniface Mweresa
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| Born | 13 November 1993 Nyamira, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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).[2] He is a Commonwealth bronze medalist in the 4x400m relay at the 2022 Commonwealth games.
Competition record
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Kenya
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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 | |||
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:06.71 |
| African Championships | Douala, Cameroon | 4th | 400 m | 45.62 | |
1Disqualified in the final
References
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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 bronze medallists for Kenya
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen