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Mary Nakhumicha Zakayo

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Country
  
Kenya

Sport
  
Paralympic athletics


Event(s)
  
various

Name
  
Mary Zakayo

Born
  
April 19, 1979 (age 45) (
1979-04-19
)
Kenya

Mary Nakhumicha Zakayo (born 19 April 1979) is a Kenyan Paralympic track athlete. She competes in the T57 class for javelin, shot put and discus throw. Her first Paralympics was 1992.

In 2008 she received the Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year Award. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, she won the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award. On accepting the award, she said, "The Paralympic Movement is spreading in my country and opens opportunities for people with disabilities and help change the perceptions towards people with disabilities in a positive way."

References

Mary Nakhumicha Zakayo Wikipedia