Margaret Okayo

Margaret Okayo is a professional Kenyan marathon runner, born on 30 May 1976. She won four World Marathon Majors, taking the New York City Marathon twice, in 2001 and 2003, the Boston Marathon in 2002 and the London Marathon in 2004, and she set three course records. Her 2003 New York record of 2 hours 22 minutes 31 seconds stood until 2025. She also won the San Diego Marathon twice and the Milan marathon in 2003. She started running at primary school and was recruited in 1995 by the Kenya Prisons Service, home to the country's leading women's marathon runners. She finished fifth in the 10,000 metres at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and represented Kenya in the marathon at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, where she did not finish. She trains part of each year in Italy.