Maureen Stewart
Personal information | |
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Born | San José, Costa Rica | 30 March 1965
Died | 16 September 1994[1] Anguilla | (aged 29)
Sport | |
Sport | Middle-distance running |
Event | 800 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
[edit]- ^ Maureen Stewart at Olympedia (archive)
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Runner dies after childbirth". Messenger-Inquirer. 20 September 1994. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ "2023-24 RICE WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD FACT BOOK" (PDF). Rice Owls. Retrieved 28 December 2024.