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Tekla Chemabwai
Tekla Chemabwai (born July 3, 1950 in Mosombor) is retired sprinter and middle-distance runner from Kenya.
Chemabwai competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics, but did not advance past 400 metres heats. At age 18, she was the youngest member of the Kenyan Olympic squad. Alongside Lydia Stephens-Oketch and Elizabeth Chesire she was the first Kenyan woman athlete compete at the Olympics.
She competed again at the 1972 Summer Olympics, reaching quarterfinals (2nd round).
She won 400 metres
in Oulu, Finland, clocking a time of 2:00.6 minutes, which made her the second best British performer in the event at that point, behind Rosemary Stirling. Colebrook also won the women's title at the North of England Cross Country Championships that year.
She won a 400/800 m double at the UK Athletics Championships in 1978. Colebrook went on to represent England in the latter event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and won the bronze medal behind Judy Peckham and Tekla Chemabwai. She won the final major medal of