Pamela Jelimo

Pamela Jelimo Pamela Jelimo (an Haife ta 5 Disamba 1989) 'yar tseren matsakaicin Kenya ce, ta kware a cikin mita 800. Ta lashe lambar zinare a tseren mita 800 a gasar Olympics ta 2008 da aka yi a birnin Beijing tana da shekaru 18. Ita ce mace ta farko daga kasar Kenya da ta samu lambar zinare ta Olympics, sannan kuma 'yar kasar Kenya ta farko da ta taba lashe gasar zinare. Ita ce ke rike da kofin duniya na kanana na mita 800 da kuma babbar tarihin Afirka a kan nisa daya. Jelimo kuma tana daya daga cikin 'yan matan da suka lashe lambar zinare a gasar Olympics a Kenya.

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An haifi Pamela Jelimo a kauyen Kiptomok, gundumar Nandi, a lardin Rift Valley. Mahaifiyarta, Esther Cheptoo Keter, ta kasance ‘yar tseren mita 200 da mita 400, amma al’adar kabilar Nandi ta nuna cewa a matsayinta na ’yar karshe ba za ta iya aure ba kuma dole ne ta kula da iyayenta a lokacin da suka tsufa. Duk da haka, an ba ta izinin haihuwa ga maza daban-daban; Don haka Jelimo ta girma a hannun mahaifiyarta a cikin iyali guda uku da mata shida. Jelimo ya fara takara ne a shekarar 2003, yana da shekaru 13, a Sakandaren Koyo da ke yankin Kaptumo, kusa da Kapsabet. Ta yi sauri ta kafa kanta a matsayin ƙwararriyar 'yar wasa, inda ta yi nasara a gasar zakarun makarantu a tseren mita 100, 200 m, 400 m, mita 800, shingen mita 400, da heptathlon. Malamin wasanninta na sakandire Philip Ng'eno ya bayyana cewa ta saba yin gogayya da samarin a gasar tsere saboda 'yan matan ba sa samar da gasar da take bukata.

Iyalin sun zama matalauta kuma basu da halin da za su aika Jelimo zuwa makarantar lasisi - ƴan uwanta biyu sun riga sun daina karatu saboda sun kasa biyan bukatar. Ta ki dainawa sai ta fara sayar da madarar shanun dangin don biyan bukatarta, ta bi ta tudu da sayar don sayar da ita a store Chemase. Shugaban makarantar Daniel Maru ya ba da digirir kudi na kayan wasan guje-guje da kuma samunn gudu domin Jelimo ta samu halartar kwararrun ‘yan wasa ta Kenya don wasan gudun. A shekara ta 2004, Jelimo ta kai ga gasar zakarun larduna a tseren mita 400. Maru ya ci gaba da karamcinsa, inda ya baiwa kyautaryar ‘yar wasan damar kammala karatunta yayin da take binsa bashin kudin shekara daya. Duk da haka, an tilasta wa mahaifiyarta ta sayar da saniyarta ta ƙarshe don Jelimo ta sami damar yin jarrabawarta.