{{short description|Kenyan middle-distance runner}} [[File:Faith Macharia 2007 Berlin.jpg|thumb|Macharia at the 2007 ISTAF Berlin]] '''Faith Macharia''' (born 9 February 1976, Nyeri, Kenya) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.
In 2001, she set a new Kenyan record over 1000 metres (2:35.39), still valid in 2007.<ref>[http://www.bislettgames.com/2007/pdf/OsloW.pdf Bislett Games 2007 - Biographical summaries 1500m women]{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
She trains with PACE Sports Management and is coached by Ricky Simms.
==Competition record== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{KEN}} |- |rowspan=2|2001 |World Championships |Edmonton, Canada |4th |800 m |1:58.98 |- |IAAF Grand Prix Final |Melbourne, Australia |7th |800 m | |- |2002 |Commonwealth Games |Manchester, United Kingdom |9th (sf) |800 m |2:03.48 |- |rowspan=3|2003 |World Championships |Paris, France |14th (sf) |800 m |2:01.30 |- |World Athletics Final |Monte Carlo, Monaco |align="center" | 4th |800 m | |- |All-Africa Games |Abuja, Nigeria |4th |800 m |2:03.44 |- |2004 |Olympic Games |Athens, Greece |34th (h) |800 m |2:06.31 |- |2008 |African Championships |Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |8th |800 m |DNF |}
===Personal bests=== *800 metres - 1:58.34 min (2001) *1500 metres - 4:08.04 min (1999)
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==External links== *{{World Athletics||name=Faith Macharia}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000521/http://www.pacesportsmanagement.com/athlete_profile.asp?id=39 Pace Sports Management]
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