Maureen Stewart

Maureen Stewart
Personal information
Born(1965-03-30)30 March 1965
San José, Costa Rica
Died16 September 1994(1994-09-16) (aged 29)[1]
Anguilla
Sport
SportMiddle-distance running
Event800 metres

Maureen Stewart (30 March 1965 – 16 September 1994) was a Costa Rican middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2]

She died in Anguilla of cardiac arrest in 1994, aged 29.[3]

Her sister, Zoila Stewart, is a retired Olympic sprinter who represented Costa Rica at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games.

Competing for the Rice Owls track and field team in Houston, Texas, Stewart anchored the school's 4 × 800 m relay team to an All-American finish at the 1986 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Maureen Stewart at Olympedia (archive)
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maureen Stewart Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Runner dies after childbirth". Messenger-Inquirer. 20 September 1994. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  4. ^ "2023-24 RICE WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD FACT BOOK" (PDF). Rice Owls. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
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