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 Bosnian 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

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

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1981 births Living people Bosnia and Herzegovina female long-distance runners Kenyan female long-distance runners Kenyan female marathon runners Olympic athletes for Bosnia and Herzegovina Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina female marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina people of Kenyan descent Kenyan emigrants to Bosnia and Herzegovina 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportswomen {{Kenya-bio-stub