Country Canada Event(s) Sprints Height 1.57 m | Sport Athletics Personal best(s) 100m: 11.34 Weight 57 kg | |
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Born May 25, 1994 (age 22) ( 1994-05-25 ) Songo, Sierra Leone Profiles | ||
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Marissa Kurtimah (born May 25, 1994 in Songo, Sierra Leone) is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the sprint events, predominately the 100m event. Kurtimah fled her country of birth (due to the civil war) in 2002 at 8 years old along with her family. They settled in Guelph, Ontario.
In July 2016 she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team as part of the 4x100 meters relay team.
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