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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|10|16|df=y}}<ref>Halimah Nakaayi attained her secondary school education from the Ndejje SS Bombo-Luweero. [http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/cycling_road/1034662/halimah_nakaayi.html 2014 CWG bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422114452/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/cycling_road/1034662/halimah_nakaayi.html |date=22 April 2022 }}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|10|16|df=y}}<ref>Halimah Nakaayi attained her secondary school education from the Ndejje SS Bombo-Luweero. [http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/cycling_road/1034662/halimah_nakaayi.html 2014 CWG bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422114452/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/cycling_road/1034662/halimah_nakaayi.html |date=22 April 2022 }}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Seeta, Uganda|Seeta]], [[Mukono]], Uganda<ref>{{Cite web |title=Halimah Nakaayi – Profile |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/131923 |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Olympedia.org}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Seeta, Uganda|Seeta]], [[Mukono]], Uganda<ref>{{Cite web |title=Halimah Nakaayi – Profile |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/131923 |access-date=1 January 2021 |website=Olympedia.org}}</ref>
| education = Computer Science and Information Technology
| education = Computer Science and Information Technology
| alma_mater = [[Kampala University]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mukasa |first=Ritah |date=2021-03-10 |title=I am my mother's degree, says Halimah Nakaayi |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/articledetails/93836 |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=[[New Vision (newspaper)|New Vision]]}}</ref>
| alma_mater = [[Kampala University]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mukasa |first=Ritah |date=10 March 2021 |title=I am my mother's degree, says Halimah Nakaayi |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/articledetails/93836 |access-date=11 March 2022 |website=[[New Vision (newspaper)|New Vision]]}}</ref>
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| event = [[800 metres]]
| event = [[800 metres]]
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|'''[[800 metres|800&nbsp;m]]''': 1:57.62 {{AthAbbr|NR|Ugandan}} ([[London]] 2023)
|'''[[800 metres|800&nbsp;m]]''': 1:57.26 {{AthAbbr|NR|Ugandan}} ([[London]] 2024)
|'''[[1000 metres|1000&nbsp;m]]''': 2:32.12 {{AthAbbr|NR|Ugandan}} ([[Monaco]] 2020)
|'''[[1000 metres|1000&nbsp;m]]''': 2:32.12 {{AthAbbr|NR|Ugandan}} ([[Monaco]] 2020)
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'''Halimah Nakaayi''' (born 16 October 1994)<ref name="WAprofile">{{cite web |title=Halimah NAKAAYI – Athlete Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/uganda/halimah-nakaayi-14431159 |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref> is a Ugandan [[Middle-distance running|middle-distance runner]] who specialises in the [[800 metres]]. She is the [[2019 World Athletics Championships|2019 World Champion]] at the event and won the bronze medal at the [[2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2022 World Indoor Championships]]. Nakaayi is the current [[List of Ugandan records in athletics|Ugandan record]] holder for the 800&nbsp;m both outdoors and indoors, and also for the [[1000 metres]].
'''Halimah Nakaayi''' (born 16 October 1994)<ref name="WAprofile">{{cite web |title=Halimah NAKAAYI – Athlete Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/uganda/halimah-nakaayi-14431159 |access-date=1 January 2021 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref> is a Ugandan [[Middle-distance running|middle-distance runner]] who specialises in the [[800 metres]]. She is the [[2019 World Athletics Championships|2019 World Champion]] at the event and won the bronze medal at the [[2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships|2022 World Indoor Championships]]. Nakaayi is the current [[List of Ugandan records in athletics|Ugandan record]] holder for the 800&nbsp;m both outdoors and indoors, and also for the [[1000 metres]].


She competed in the 800&nbsp;m at both the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio]] and [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo Olympics]], reaching the semi-finals each time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/halima-nakaayi |title=Halimah Nakaayi |website=rio2016.com |access-date=24 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826092054/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/halima-nakaayi |archive-date=26 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Athletics NAKAAYI Halimah - Tokyo 2020 Olympics|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1466186-nakaayi-halimah.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-08-17|website=Olympics.com|archive-date=17 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817025112/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1466186-nakaayi-halimah.htm}}</ref>
She competed in the 800&nbsp;m at both the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio]] and [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo Olympics]], reaching the semi-finals each time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/halima-nakaayi |title=Halimah Nakaayi |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=[[Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |access-date=24 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826092054/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/halima-nakaayi |archive-date=26 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Athletics NAKAAYI Halimah |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1466186-nakaayi-halimah.htm |access-date=17 August 2021 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |archive-date=17 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817025112/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1466186-nakaayi-halimah.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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At 16, Halimah Nakaayi won the [[400 metres]] at the [[Athletics at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games|2011 Commonwealth Youth Games]] held in [[Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]], [[Isle of Man]].
At 16, Halimah Nakaayi won the [[400 metres]] at the [[Athletics at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games|2011 Commonwealth Youth Games]] held in [[Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]], [[Isle of Man]].


In 2012, she ran the second 10&nbsp;km leg of a marathon relay at a festival celebrating 50 years of [[Independence Day (Uganda)|Ugandan independence]]. After advancing from fifth to second, she spent four hours in a coma.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nakaayi |first=Halimah |date=2020-11-26 |title=Fight for your dream |url=https://spikes.worldathletics.org/post/halimah-nakaayi-dream |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=Spikes.WorldAthletics.org |publisher=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref>
In 2012, she ran the second 10&nbsp;km leg of a marathon relay at a festival celebrating 50 years of [[Independence Day (Uganda)|Ugandan independence]]. After advancing from fifth to second, she spent four hours in a coma.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nakaayi |first=Halimah |date=26 November 2020 |title=Fight for your dream |url=https://spikes.worldathletics.org/post/halimah-nakaayi-dream |access-date=11 March 2022 |website=Spikes.WorldAthletics.org |publisher=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref>


Nakaayi was the flag bearer for Uganda in the closing ceremony of the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/News/2016/08/2016-08-21-Rio-2016-Closing-Ceremony-Flag-Bearers.pdf#_ga=1.38774955.960241524.1472057934 |title=Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony – Flag Bearers|access-date=24 August 2016}}</ref>
Nakaayi was the flag bearer for Uganda in the closing ceremony of the [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/News/2016/08/2016-08-21-Rio-2016-Closing-Ceremony-Flag-Bearers.pdf#_ga=1.38774955.960241524.1472057934 |title=Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony – Flag Bearers |access-date=24 August 2016}}</ref>


The following year, she came second in her specialist [[800 metres]] distance at the [[Athletics at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games|Islamic Solidarity Games]] in a time of 2:01.60. At the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics|2017 World Championships]], Nakaayi was eliminated from the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|event]] in the semifinals, clocking 2:01.74.
The following year, she came second in her specialist [[800 metres]] distance at the [[Athletics at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games|Islamic Solidarity Games]] in a time of 2:01.60. At the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics|2017 World Championships]], Nakaayi was eliminated from the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|event]] in the semifinals, clocking 2:01.74.
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===2018–2021: World 800&nbsp;m champion===
===2018–2021: World 800&nbsp;m champion===
In 2018, she placed fourth in the 800&nbsp;m at the [[2018 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]] with a time of [[2018 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|1:58.90]]. She lost to, 1–3, [[Caster Semenya]], [[Francine Niyonsaba]], and [[Habitam Alemu]] by only 0.04 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=African championships, Asaba (Nigeria) 1-5/08/2018 |url=http://www.africathle.com/2018/08/01/african-championships-asaba-nigeria-1-5082018/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=AfricAthle.com |archive-date=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424221033/http://www.africathle.com/2018/08/01/african-championships-asaba-nigeria-1-5082018/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2018, she placed fourth in the 800&nbsp;m at the [[2018 African Championships in Athletics|African Championships]] with a time of [[2018 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres|1:58.90]]. She lost to, 1–3, [[Caster Semenya]], [[Francine Niyonsaba]], and [[Habitam Alemu]] by only 0.04 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=African championships, Asaba (Nigeria) 1-5/08/2018 |url=http://www.africathle.com/2018/08/01/african-championships-asaba-nigeria-1-5082018/ |access-date=11 March 2022 |website=AfricAthle.com |archive-date=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424221033/http://www.africathle.com/2018/08/01/african-championships-asaba-nigeria-1-5082018/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>


In August 2019, Nakaayi won the bronze medal in the [[Athletics at the 2019 African Games – Women's 800 metres|event]] at the [[Athletics at the 2019 African Games|African Games]] behind [[Hirut Meshesha]] and [[Rababe Arafi]].
In August 2019, Nakaayi won the bronze medal in the [[Athletics at the 2019 African Games – Women's 800 metres|event]] at the [[Athletics at the 2019 African Games|African Games]] behind [[Hirut Meshesha]] and [[Rababe Arafi]].


The following month, she became the [[2019 World Athletics Championships|world 800&nbsp;m champion]] in [[Doha]], Qatar, improving her own Ugandan record to [[2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres|1m 58.04s]]. She held off [[Raevyn Rogers]], who made a late surge to claim silver in 1:58.18, while [[Ajeé Wilson]] finished third in 1:58.84. Nakaayi was joined in the final by compatriot [[Winnie Nanyondo]] in fourth.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-30 |title=Halimah Nakaayi: "Once you have a dream, fight for it" |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/halimah-nakaayi-once-you-have-a-dream-fight-for-it |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=Olympics.com |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee|IOC]]}}</ref>
The following month, she became the [[2019 World Athletics Championships|world 800&nbsp;m champion]] in [[Doha]], Qatar, improving her own Ugandan record to [[2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres|1m 58.04s]]. She held off [[Raevyn Rogers]], who made a late surge to claim silver in 1:58.18, while [[Ajeé Wilson]] finished third in 1:58.84. Nakaayi was joined in the final by compatriot [[Winnie Nanyondo]] in fourth.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 July 2021 |title=Halimah Nakaayi: "Once you have a dream, fight for it" |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/halimah-nakaayi-once-you-have-a-dream-fight-for-it |access-date=11 March 2022 |website=Olympics.com |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee|IOC]]}}</ref>


After suffering a [[Runner's knee|knee problem]] she reached only the semifinals at the postponed [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo Olympics]] with her time of [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|2:04.44]] (2:00.92 in the heats).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-02-15 |title=Nakaayi runs below 2 minutes in new world best |url=https://www.independent.co.ug/nakaayi-runs-below-2-minutes-in-new-world-best/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=[[The Independent (Uganda)]]}}</ref>
After suffering a [[Runner's knee|knee problem]] she reached only the semifinals at the postponed [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo Olympics]] with her time of [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres|2:04.44]] (2:00.92 in the heats).<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 February 2022 |title=Nakaayi runs below 2 minutes in new world best |url=https://www.independent.co.ug/nakaayi-runs-below-2-minutes-in-new-world-best/ |access-date=11 March 2022 |website=[[The Independent (Uganda)]]}}</ref>


===2022–present===
===2022–present===
Nakaayi competed in four 800m events of the [[World Athletics Indoor Tour|World Indoor Tour]] and improved her Ugandan indoor record three times.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whittington |first=Jess |date=2022-02-22 |title=Swoboda wins sprint showdown with Thompson-Herah, world leads from Tsegay and Mihaljevic |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/copernicus-cup-torun-swoboda-thompson-tsegay-girma-mihaljevic |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref> Racing in [[Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe|Karlsruhe]], [[Val-de-Reuil]], [[Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais|Liévin]], and [[Copernicus Cup|Toruń]], she finished in positions 1–1–2–2 respectively, with bests of 1:58.58 (Liévin, lost by 0.12s to [[Natoya Goule]]) and 1:59.55 set in France.<ref name="WAprofile" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-17 |title=World Indoor Tour 2022, Liévin (FRA) – Women's 800m |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/calendar-results/7162583/result?eventId=10229579&gender=W |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref> She placed second in Toruń in a triple blanket finish with her time of 2:00.19 equalled by Ethiopia's 19-year-old Tigist Girma, and both behind [[Catriona Bisset]] who was 0.03 seconds quicker ([https://copernicus.domtel-sport.pl/fotof/5.jpg photo finish]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-22 |title=World Indoor Tour 2022, Toruń (POL) – Women's 800m |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/calendar-results/7162650/result?eventId=10229579&gender=W |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref> In March, Nakaayi won the bronze medal at the [[2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] held in [[Belgrade]] in a time of [[2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres|2:00.66]], behind Wilson (1:59.09) and Ethiopia's [[Freweyni Hailu]] (2:00.54), who overtook Nakaayi just before the finish line.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-20 |title=Ajee' Wilson wins 800m gold at World Indoor Championships |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2022/03/ajee-wilson-wins-800m-gold-at-world-indoor-championships/ |access-date=2022-03-21 |website=[[LetsRun.com]]}}</ref> She won comfortably, however, with both Goule (4th) and Bisset (5th).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-20 |title=WAICH Belgrade 22 – 800 metres Women {{!}} Final |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/world-athletics-indoor-championships-7138985/results/women/800-metres/final/result |access-date=2022-03-20 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref>
Nakaayi competed in four 800m events of the [[World Athletics Indoor Tour|World Indoor Tour]] and improved her Ugandan indoor record three times.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whittington |first=Jess |date=22 February 2022 |title=Swoboda wins sprint showdown with Thompson-Herah, world leads from Tsegay and Mihaljevic |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/copernicus-cup-torun-swoboda-thompson-tsegay-girma-mihaljevic |access-date=11 March 2022 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref> Racing in [[Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe|Karlsruhe]], [[Val-de-Reuil]], [[Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais|Liévin]], and [[Copernicus Cup|Toruń]], she finished in positions 1–1–2–2 respectively, with bests of 1:58.58 (Liévin, lost by 0.12s to [[Natoya Goule]]) and 1:59.55 set in France.<ref name="WAprofile" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 February 2022 |title=World Indoor Tour 2022, Liévin (FRA) – Women's 800m |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/calendar-results/7162583/result?eventId=10229579&gender=W |access-date=11 March 2022 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref> She placed second in Toruń in a triple blanket finish with her time of 2:00.19 equalled by Ethiopia's 19-year-old Tigist Girma, and both behind [[Catriona Bisset]] who was 0.03 seconds quicker ([https://copernicus.domtel-sport.pl/fotof/5.jpg photo finish]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 February 2022 |title=World Indoor Tour 2022, Toruń (POL) – Women's 800m |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/calendar-results/7162650/result?eventId=10229579&gender=W |access-date=11 March 2022 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref> In March, Nakaayi won the bronze medal at the [[2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]] held in [[Belgrade]] in a time of [[2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres|2:00.66]], behind Wilson (1:59.09) and Ethiopia's [[Freweyni Hailu]] (2:00.54), who overtook Nakaayi just before the finish line.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 March 2022 |title=Ajee' Wilson wins 800m gold at World Indoor Championships |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2022/03/ajee-wilson-wins-800m-gold-at-world-indoor-championships/ |access-date=21 March 2022 |website=[[LetsRun.com]]}}</ref> She won comfortably, however, with both Goule (4th) and Bisset (5th).<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 March 2022 |title=WAICH Belgrade 22 – 800 metres Women {{!}} Final |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/world-athletics-indoor-championships-7138985/results/women/800-metres/final/result |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref>


At the [[2022 World Athletics Championships|World Championships]] in [[Eugene, Oregon]] in July, she didn't make it to the final after finishing eighth in her semifinal in a time of [[2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres|2:01.05]]. The next month, Nakaayi placed eighth in her specialist [[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres|event]] at the [[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|Birmingham Commonwealth Games]].<ref name="WAprofile" />
At the [[2022 World Athletics Championships|World Championships]] in [[Eugene, Oregon]] in July, she didn't make it to the final after finishing eighth in her semifinal in a time of [[2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres|2:01.05]]. The next month, Nakaayi placed eighth in her specialist [[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metres|event]] at the [[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|Birmingham Commonwealth Games]].<ref name="WAprofile" />
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==External links==
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* {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|athletics/athlete-profile-n6025838-halima-nakaayi|Halima Nakaayi}}
* {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|36949|Halimah Nakaayi}}
* [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/halimah-nakaayi_1971759 Halimah Nakaayi] at the [[Paris 2024 Summer Olympics]]


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Latest revision as of 08:30, 18 December 2024

Halimah Nakaayi
Nakaayi at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade
Personal information
Born (1994-10-16) 16 October 1994 (age 30)[1]
Seeta, Mukono, Uganda[2]
EducationComputer Science and Information Technology
Alma materKampala University[3]
Sport
CountryUganda
SportAthletics
Event800 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Uganda
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha 800 m
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Belgrade 800 m
African Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Accra 800 m
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Rabat 800 m

Halimah Nakaayi (born 16 October 1994)[4] is a Ugandan middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 metres. She is the 2019 World Champion at the event and won the bronze medal at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. Nakaayi is the current Ugandan record holder for the 800 m both outdoors and indoors, and also for the 1000 metres.

She competed in the 800 m at both the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics, reaching the semi-finals each time.[5][6]

Career

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2011–2017

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At 16, Halimah Nakaayi won the 400 metres at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games held in Douglas, Isle of Man.

In 2012, she ran the second 10 km leg of a marathon relay at a festival celebrating 50 years of Ugandan independence. After advancing from fifth to second, she spent four hours in a coma.[7]

Nakaayi was the flag bearer for Uganda in the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics.[8]

The following year, she came second in her specialist 800 metres distance at the Islamic Solidarity Games in a time of 2:01.60. At the 2017 World Championships, Nakaayi was eliminated from the event in the semifinals, clocking 2:01.74.

Nakaayi (L) finishes at the 2019 World Championships; Ajeé Wilson, who came third after Raevyn Rogers, on the right in blue.

2018–2021: World 800 m champion

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In 2018, she placed fourth in the 800 m at the African Championships with a time of 1:58.90. She lost to, 1–3, Caster Semenya, Francine Niyonsaba, and Habitam Alemu by only 0.04 seconds.[9]

In August 2019, Nakaayi won the bronze medal in the event at the African Games behind Hirut Meshesha and Rababe Arafi.

The following month, she became the world 800 m champion in Doha, Qatar, improving her own Ugandan record to 1m 58.04s. She held off Raevyn Rogers, who made a late surge to claim silver in 1:58.18, while Ajeé Wilson finished third in 1:58.84. Nakaayi was joined in the final by compatriot Winnie Nanyondo in fourth.[10]

After suffering a knee problem she reached only the semifinals at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics with her time of 2:04.44 (2:00.92 in the heats).[11]

2022–present

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Nakaayi competed in four 800m events of the World Indoor Tour and improved her Ugandan indoor record three times.[12] Racing in Karlsruhe, Val-de-Reuil, Liévin, and Toruń, she finished in positions 1–1–2–2 respectively, with bests of 1:58.58 (Liévin, lost by 0.12s to Natoya Goule) and 1:59.55 set in France.[4][13] She placed second in Toruń in a triple blanket finish with her time of 2:00.19 equalled by Ethiopia's 19-year-old Tigist Girma, and both behind Catriona Bisset who was 0.03 seconds quicker (photo finish).[14] In March, Nakaayi won the bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships held in Belgrade in a time of 2:00.66, behind Wilson (1:59.09) and Ethiopia's Freweyni Hailu (2:00.54), who overtook Nakaayi just before the finish line.[15] She won comfortably, however, with both Goule (4th) and Bisset (5th).[16]

At the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon in July, she didn't make it to the final after finishing eighth in her semifinal in a time of 2:01.05. The next month, Nakaayi placed eighth in her specialist event at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.[4]

International competitions

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Representing  Uganda
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time
2010 Youth Olympic Games Singapore DSQ (h) 400 m DSQ
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 26th (h) 800 m 2:13.59
Commonwealth Youth Games Douglas, Isle of Man 1st 400 m 57.16
2012 World Junior Championship Barcelona, Spain 14th (h) 800 m 2:06.381
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 39th (h) 400 m 57.51
2015 Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 21st (sf) 400 m 57.13
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:45.40
2016 African Championship Durban, South Africa 10th (h) 800 m 2:04.97
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 17th (sf) 800 m 2:00.63
2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Baku, Azerbaijan 10th (h) 400 m 55.77
2nd 800 m 2:01.60
World Championships London, United Kingdom 19th (sf) 800 m 2:01.74
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 15th (h) 800 m 2:01.69
8th 4 × 400 m relay 3:35.03
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 4th 800 m 1:58.90
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 3rd 800 m 2:03.55
World Championships Doha, Qatar 1st 800 m 1:58.04
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 24th (sf) 800 m 2:04.44
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd 800 m i 2:00.66
World Championships Eugene, United States 19th (sf) 800 m 2:01.05
Commonwealth Games Birmingham, United Kingdom 8th 800 m 2:01.17
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 8th 800 m 1:59.18
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 6th 800 m 2:05.53
African Games Accra, Ghana 2nd 800 m 1:58.59
5th 1500 m 4:09.40
Olympic Games Paris, France 19th (rep) 800 m 2:02.88

1Disqualified in the final

Personal bests

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References

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  2. ^ "Halimah Nakaayi – Profile". Olympedia.org. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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  9. ^ "African championships, Asaba (Nigeria) 1-5/08/2018". AfricAthle.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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