# Faith Macharia

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{{short description|Kenyan middle-distance runner}}
[[File:Faith Macharia 2007 Berlin.jpg|thumb|Macharia at the 2007 [ISTAF Berlin](/source/ISTAF_Berlin)]]
'''Faith Macharia''' (born 9 February 1976, [Nyeri, Kenya](/source/Nyeri%2C_Kenya)) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the [800 metres](/source/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](/source/2001_World_Championships_in_Athletics) 
|[Edmonton, Canada](/source/Edmonton%2C_Canada)
|4th
|800 m
|[1:58.98](/source/2001_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_800_metres)
|-
|[IAAF Grand Prix Final](/source/2001_IAAF_Grand_Prix_Final)
|[Melbourne, Australia](/source/Melbourne%2C_Australia)
|7th
|800 m
|
|-
|2002
|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games) 
|[Manchester, United Kingdom](/source/Manchester%2C_United_Kingdom)
|9th (sf)
|800 m
|[2:03.48](/source/Athletics_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_800_metres)
|-
|rowspan=3|2003
|[World Championships](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics) 
|[Paris, France](/source/Paris%2C_France)
|14th (sf)
|800 m
|[2:01.30](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_800_metres)
|-
|[World Athletics Final](/source/2003_IAAF_World_Athletics_Final) 
|[Monte Carlo, Monaco](/source/Monte_Carlo%2C_Monaco)
|align="center" | 4th
|800 m
|
|-
|[All-Africa Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2003_All-Africa_Games) 
|[Abuja, Nigeria](/source/Abuja%2C_Nigeria)
|4th
|800 m
|[2:03.44](/source/Athletics_at_the_2003_All-Africa_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_800_metres)
|-
|2004
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics) 
|[Athens, Greece](/source/Athens%2C_Greece)
|34th (h)
|800 m
|[2:06.31](/source/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_800_metres)
|-
|2008
|[African Championships](/source/2008_African_Championships_in_Athletics) 
|[Addis Ababa, Ethiopia](/source/Addis_Ababa%2C_Ethiopia)
|8th
|800 m
|[DNF](/source/2008_African_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women's_800_metres)
|}

===Personal bests===
*[800 metres](/source/800_metres) - 1:58.34 min (2001)
*[1500 metres](/source/1500_metres) - 4:08.04 min (1999)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==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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Category:1976 births
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Kenyan women middle-distance runners
Category:Living people
Category:Olympic athletes for Kenya
Category:Sportspeople from Nyeri County
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Kenya
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games
Category:African Games athletes for Kenya
Category:21st-century Kenyan sportswomen
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