Grace Wanjiru
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| Nationality |  Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 January 1979 Embu, Kenya[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 41 kg (90 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 20 km walk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Grace Wanjiru Njue (born 1979) is a female race walker from Kenya. She is a three-time African Champion and a Commonwealth Games medallist.
Wanjiru set a 20 Kilometres race walk African Record when she won the event at the 2010 African Championships clocking 1:34:19 hours. The previous record (1:36:18) was held by Susan Vermeulen of South Africa and set in 1999.[2] Wanjiru was already the reigning Kenyan record (time 1:39.50) holder, setting it when she won the 2008 African Championships title.[3] Previously in 2004, she had set a new 20 kilometres national record (1:41:00) in Nairobi.[4]
Later in 2010 she won bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
She is also a multiple-time national champion.[5] In 2011, she won 20 kilometres race walk at the national championships once again setting another African record of 1:28:15 [6]
Achievements
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ Nairobi2010: Tunisia and Kenya clinch gold in 20km walk
- ^ Mutuota, Mutwiri (25 June 2010). "Wanjiru through to IAAF meet". The Standard. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ Athlerecords.net: Kenyan records (through archive.org, as of 14 October 2007)
- ^ gbrathletics.com: KENYAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
- ^ IAAF, 15 July 2011: Cheruiyot subdues 10,000m field and eyes Daegu double – Kenyan Champs, Day 2
External links
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African Champions in women's racewalking | |
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- 1979 births
- Kenyan female racewalkers
- Living people
- People from Embu County
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
- Olympic athletes for Kenya
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Kenya
- African Games gold medalists for Kenya
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games