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Pamela Jelimo
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses
· 2007 · cited 31,414x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,264x
- The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans
· 2020 · cited 9,181x
- Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans
· 2016 · cited 9,061x
- Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls
· 2007 · cited 7,930x
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Quotes
- “When I was out there, I was running for my country and wish to thank the Kenyan people for their tremendous support they accorded us.”
- “"Initially I didn't believe it when I heard the good news. It's truly a dream of every athlete to win a medal in the Olympics and I'm honoured to have my parents accompany me and share this joy."”
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Key facts
- Born
- 5 December 1989 ( 1989-12-05 ) (age 36), Nandi District , Rift Valley Province , Kenya
- Height
- 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
- Weight
- 60 kg (132 lb)
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Encyclopedic overview
Pamela Jelimo (born 5 December 1989) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner, specialising in the 800 metres. She won the gold medal in 800 metres at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing at the age of 18. She is the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic gold medal and also the first Kenyan to win the Golden League Jackpot. She holds both the 800 m world junior record and the senior African record over the same distance. Jelimo is also one of the youngest women to win an Olympic gold medal for Kenya.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pamela Jelimo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.