Lucia Kimani Mwahiki-Marčetić (born June 21, 1980 in Kajiado

Kajiado

Kajiado is a town in the Rift Valley Province, Kenya. The town is located south of Nairobi, along the Nairobi – Arusha highway. Kajiado has an urban population of 8128 . Local people are predominantly of the Maasai tribe....

, Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

) is a Bosnian Olympic

Olympic Games

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 runner

Running

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 and currently holds four Bosnian records

World record

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 in different running competitions.

She was part of the Bosnian Olympic team

Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Bosnia and Herzegovina, represented by the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina , sent a team to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The team consisted of 5 competitors.- Athletics:MenWomen...

 at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

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 in Beijing

Beijing

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, China

China

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.

In 2004, she married her Bosnian Serb husband, Siniša Marčetić. On August 19, 2005, they moved to Bosnia and Herzegovina and currently live in Banja Luka

Banja Luka

-History:The name "Banja Luka" was first mentioned in a document dated February 6, 1494, but Banja Luka's history dates back to ancient times. There is a substantial evidence of the Roman presence in the region during the first few centuries A.D., including an old fort "Kastel" in the centre of...

 http://www.fildzanviska.ba/clanak_14.htm. Her husband is from Prijedor

Prijedor

Prijedor is a city and municipality in the north-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the Bosanska Krajina region....

 http://san.ba/index.php?id=9034.

Kimani is 5'5" tall and weighs 106 pounds (48.1 kg) http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/BIH/Lucia+Kimani/8004169;_ylt=Aq9cJExvSrH7p.6r6IaFfzCOaJh4.

On December 23, 2008, Lucia was voted the best Bosnian female

Female

Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...

 athlete of 2008 http://www.nezavisne.com/sport/ostali/34608/Krune-Lusiji-Kimani-i-Memnunu-Hadzicu.html.

Achievements

Representing
2008	Olympic Games Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last 10 days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium. The Olympic sport of athletics is split into four distinct sets of events: track and field events, road running events, and racewalking...	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , PR China	42nd	Marathon	2:35:47 Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's marathon The Women's Marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17 around an urban circuit specifically designed for the competition at Beijing, and finished in the Beijing National Stadium. The qualifying standards were 2:37.00 and 2:42.00...

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