27/10/72 - Maputo
23.86 (94), 37.16 300 (94), 51.37 (94), 1:55.19
(Afr rec; 94), 2:29.34 (95), 2:31.23i (world indoor rec; 96),
4:01.63 (96), 4:36.09M (91), 9:27.37 (91). 2nd 88 Afr, ht 88 Oly
(2:04.36 at age 15), 1st 90 Afr 800 & 1500, 4th 91 World, 1st
91 Afr 1500, 5th 92 Oly (9th 1500), 1st 92 W Cup, 1st 93 W Ind,
1st 93 Afr, 1st 93 World, 1st 94 W Cup, 1st 95 W Ind, dq 95 World
sf, 1st 95 Afr, 3rd 96 Oly 800. GP 800 winner in 93; overall GP
winner in 95. Former holder of world 1000 record; holds
Commonwealth record of 2:29.66 (96) although ran slightly faster
in 95 before Mozambique joined Commonwealth. Set world junior
record (since broken) of 1:57.63 in just missing medal in 91
World Champs at age 18. Won 93 world title (Mozambique’s
first ever medallist) by biggest ever margin at Olympic/World
Champs level; 1:55.43 was fastest in the world for 4 years and
she improved to 1:55.19 in 94. After 42 consecutive 800m wins she
was disqualified in her semi at the 95 World Champs for stepping
out of her lane; counting finals only her 50-win streak at 800m
extended from Aug 92 to third place in 96 Olympic final. In 96
set world indoor 1000 records of 2:32.08 and 2:31.23 and ran 2nd
fastest ever indoor 800 (Commonwealth & African record
1:57.13). Former soccer player; based in Eugene, Oregon on
Olympic Solidarity scholarship programme for Third World athletes |
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