{{short description|Kenyan middle-distance runner}} '''Susan Sirma''' (born May 26, 1966) is a retired Kenyan middle-distance runner best known for winning a bronze medal over 3000 metres at the 1991 World Championships, becoming the first black African woman to win a track and field medal at World Championship or Olympic level.
== Career == Sirma also won two gold medals over this distance at the All-Africa Games, in fact the only times the 3000 metres was staged at the Games. In 1991 she also won the 1500 metres, her championship record still standing.
== Personal life == She attended the Singore Girls Secondary School in Iten. Later, she shifted her base to Japan.<ref>NY Times, July 1, 1992: [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE2D91031F932A35754C0A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 OLYMPICS: BARCELONA PROFILE; African Women Reach Starting Line]</ref> Fellow Kenyan-born runners Sally Barsosio<ref>Daily News (Los Angeles, CA), March 31, 1996: [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/KENYAN+WOMEN+FEEL+OLYMPIC+HEAT-a083933649 KENYAN WOMEN FEEL OLYMPIC HEAT]</ref> and Lornah Kiplagat are her cousins.<ref>Running Times Magazine, May 2006: [http://runningtimes.com/Print.aspx?articleID=7793 Lornah - Inventing Herself and a Better World]</ref>
==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{KEN}} |- |rowspan=2|1987 |rowspan=2|All-Africa Games |rowspan=2|Nairobi, Kenya |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |1500 m | |- |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |3000 m | |- |rowspan=4|1991 |rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Tokyo, Japan |7th |1500 m | |- |bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd |3000 m |8:39.41 |- |rowspan=2|All-Africa Games |rowspan=2|Cairo, Egypt |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |1500 m |4:10.68 CR |- |bgcolor="gold" | 1st |3000 m |8:49.33 CR |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{World Athletics||name=Susan Sirma}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115947/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/susan-sirma-1.html sports-reference]
{{Footer All-Africa Champions 1500 m Women}} {{Footer All-Africa Champions 5000 m Women}} {{Japan Championships in Athletics women's 1500 metres champions}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sirma, Susan}} Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:Kenyan women middle-distance runners Category:Kenyan women cross country runners Category:Olympic women middle-distance runners Category:Olympic athletes for Kenya Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Category:African Games gold medalists for Kenya Category:African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:African Games silver medalists for Kenya Category:African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:African Games athletes for Kenya Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 All-Africa Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 All-Africa Games Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya Category:World Athletics Championships medalists Category:Japan Championships in Athletics winners Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
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