Maria Awori, Date of Birth

    

Maria Awori

Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1984

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Kenya

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Maria Awori

  • Maria Awori (born November 8, 1984) is a Kenyan former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.
  • Awori competed for Kenya, as a 15-year-old teen, in the women's 100 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
  • She received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 1:04.00.
  • She challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including fellow 15-year-old Nathalie Lee Baw of Mauritius.
  • She raced to the third seed in a time of 1:06.23, more than two seconds below her entry standard.
  • Awori failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed forty-ninth overall in the prelims.

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