Maximila Imali (born 8 February 1996) is a Kenyan sprinter. She competed in the women's 400 metres at the

2017 World Championships in Athletics The 2017 IAAF World Championships, the sixteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 4 to 13 August at London Stadium in London, United Kingdom. London was officially awarded the championships on 11 November 2011. Bidding p ...

. In 2019, she won the bronze medal in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the

2019 African Games The 12th African Games (), also known as Rabat 2019 (), were held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first time that the African Games were hosted by Morocco following the country's readmission to the African Union in Janua ...

held in Rabat, Morocco. Imali is among the athletes to shift from competing in the 400m and 800m to the 100m and 200m due to

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' regulations on testosterone levels for athletes with XY

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in women's competition.

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* 1996 births Living people Kenyan female sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games African Games bronze medalists for Kenya African Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games athletes for Kenya Intersex sportspeople Intersex women Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub