Maggie Barrie

{{Short description|Sierra Leonean sprinter (born 1996)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

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| name = Maggie Barrie

| image = Maggie Barrie by Jenaragon94 - 472 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Barrie in 2018

| full_name = Margaret Vanessa Barrie

| nationality = Sierra Leonean

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|5|29|df=yes}}

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| sport = Sprinting

| event = 400 metres

| collegeteam = Ohio State University

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Margaret Vanessa Barrie (born 29 May 1996) is a Sierra Leonean sprinter.{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/sierra-leone/maggie-barrie-310587 |title=Maggie Barrie |website=IAAF.org |publisher=International Association of Athletics Federations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806202320/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/sierra-leone/maggie-barrie-310587 |archive-date=6 August 2017 |access-date=6 August 2017}} She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-championships-london-2017-5151/results/women/400-metres/heats/startlist#resultheader |title=400 Metres women - IAAF World Championships London 2017 |website=IAAF.org |publisher=International Association of Athletics Federations |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806182121/https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-championships-london-2017-5151/results/women/400-metres/heats/startlist#resultheader |archive-date=6 August 2017 |access-date=6 August 2017}} In 2019, she competed in the women's 200 metres and women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.{{Cite web |title=12th African Games - Athletics - Results Book |url=https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/resJA2019/pdf/JA2019/AT/JA2019_AT_C99_AT0000000.pdf |website=JAR2019.ma |publisher=Jeux Africains Rabat 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804095631/https://www.jar2019.ma/resultats/resJA2019/pdf/JA2019/AT/JA2019_AT_C99_AT0000000.pdf |archive-date=4 August 2020 |access-date=4 August 2020}}

Barrie was expecting to be entered into the 400 metres race at the 2020 Summer Games. However, an administrative error saw her entered into the 100 metres instead.{{Cite web |url=https://sierraloaded.sl/sport/why-maggie-barrie-not-registered-400m-race/ |title=Sierra Leone's Fastest Runner, Maggie Barrie Reveals Why She Was Not Registered for 400m Race |website=Sierraloaded.sl |date=29 July 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730120511/https://sierraloaded.sl/sport/why-maggie-barrie-not-registered-400m-race/ |archive-date=30 July 2021 |access-date=30 July 2021}} She ran a season’s best time to come through the preliminary round and improved her season’s best again in the heat but didn’t proceed to the semi-final.{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-100m-prel-000100-.htm |title=Athletics - Preliminary Round - Heat 1 Results |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803194108/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-100m-prel-000100-.htm |archive-date=3 August 2021 |access-date=30 July 2021}}{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-100m-rnd1-000300-.htm |title=Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 3 Results |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730120507/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-100m-rnd1-000300-.htm |archive-date=30 July 2021 |access-date=30 July 2021}}