Pamela was born in Kenya in 1989 and since she was 13 years old she started to train to become an athlete. Nowadays, since 2008, she is a 800 metre sprint runner. She took part in the Peking Olympic Games in 2008, where she won a gold for this category with a time of 1.54.87 minutes. She also took part in the London Olympic Games 2012.

Pamela Jelimo is one of the youngest Kenyan athletes to have won a gold medal.

Sources:

• http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/kenya/pamela-jelimo
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/c3cbc65f-1d3a-4f21-bc7d-018112a68e1c