Top 10 Female African Athletes in 2023 (5-1)

Deji Ogeyingbo loves to write about track and field. His fun pieces are his top ten athletes of the year in various parts of the world! This is numbers 5-1 on his Top 10 Female African Athletes in 2023!

Top 10 Female African Athletes in 2023 (5-1)

Last time, we commenced our countdown for the top female African athletes in 2023, delving into their remarkable achievements and the profound impact they’ve had on the world of athletics. Now, let’s continue the countdown, presenting our list from 5 to 1 of the most outstanding female African athletes in 2023.

5. Mary Moora

Taking the number five spot on our countdown is Mary Moora. The Kenyan is an example of how resilience and hard work on your way to the top are ultimately important. The Kissi Express as she’s fondly called won all but one of her 800m races in 2023, showing how consistently her season as it cumulated in her winning her very first world title. 

Moora entered the 2023 season with so much confidence and gusto coming from becoming the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Diamond League, but she was still yet to win hearts. Most of the fan’s favorites in the two-lap event were Athing Mu and Keely Hodgkinson. And as expected, they had warmed hearts with their performances at the Tokyo Olympics and 2022 World Championships. 

Still, it didn’t fluster Moora as she started her season running the 400m at the Botswana Grand Prix in April, before delighting her home crowd with a win in her signature event at the Kip Kieno Classic on May 13^th.  Subsequent wins in the Diamond League followed in Rabat, Lausanne, and Silesia, but Moora was fixed on making a statement at the World Championships in Budapest. 

After going through the rounds with ease, the Moora danced with joy as she celebrated a memorable women’s 800m win in the central European City. The 23-year-old turned the podium from last year’s Worlds in Oregon on its head, with her bronze medal replaced by a shining Gold as she ran a Personal Best of 1:56.03 to beat off the challenge of defending champion Mu who came third in 1:56.61 with Hodgkinson taking the Silver. 

As she passed the finish line, Moraa leapt into the air punching her fist to celebrate her second major international gold in a year after her victory at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Although she looked spent, the Kenyan ended her season win a fourth-place…