Lucia Kimani Mwahiki-Marčetić (born 21 June 1981) is a

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n-born Bosnian

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who holds four Bosnian records over different distances. In 2004, she married her

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husband Siniša Marčetić. They met earlier that year in

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, Austria, where they ran a half-marathon race. On 19 August 2005, they moved to Bosnia and Herzegovina and currently live in

Banja Luka Banja Luka ( sr-Cyrl, Бања Лука, ) or Banjaluka ( sr-Cyrl, Бањалука, ) is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city of Republika Srpska. Banja Luka is also the ''de facto'' capital of this entity. ...

. Her husband is from

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. In 2006 Lucia received Bosnian citizenship. Lucia was part of the Bosnian Olympic team at the

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. She withdrew from the 2012 marathon race due to a back injury, but competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics. On 23 December 2008, she was voted the best Bosnian female

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of 2008. She won the Skopje Marathon in 2010 and the

Cracovia Marathon The Cracovia Marathon (Polish: ''Cracovia Maraton'') is an annual marathon which has taken place every year in Kraków, Poland since its inception in 2002. It is one of Poland's largest marathons in terms of the number of finishers. History ...

in 2012.April 2012 AIMS Results
AIMS. Retrieved on 19 May 2012. In 2013, together with her husband she opened a running school in

Achievements

References

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