Grace Wanjiru
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| Nationality |  Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. grace wanijiru used to have the last name walker 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.[1] Wanjiru was already the reigning Kenyan record (time 1:39.50) holder, setting it when she won the 2008 African Championships title.[2] Previously in 2004, she had set a new 20 kilometres national record (1:41:00) in Nairobi.[3]
Later in 2010 she won bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
She is also a multiple-time national champion.[4] In 2011 she won 20 kilometres race walk at the national championships once again setting another African record of 1:28:15 [5]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2002 | African Championships | Tunis, Tunisia | 3rd | 10 km walk | 51:35 |
| 2004 | African Championships | Brazzaville, Congo | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:42:45 |
| 2007 | All-Africa Games | Algiers, Algeria | 7th | 20 km walk | 1:52.53 |
| 2008 | African Championships | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:39:50 |
| 2010 | African Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:34:19 (AR, CR) |
| Commonwealth Games | New Delhi, India | 3rd | 20 km walk | 1:37:49 | |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 38th | 20 km walk | 1:43:59 |
| 2012 | African Championships | Porto Novo, Benin | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:40:53 |
| 2014 | African Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:37:04 |
| 2015 | African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:38:28 |
| 2016 | African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 1st | 20 km walk | 1:30:43 |
References
- ^ Nairobi2010: Tunisia and Kenya clinch gold in 20km walk
- ^ The Standard, June 25, 2010: Wanjiru through to IAAF meet
- ^ Athlerecords.net: Kenyan records (through archive.org, as of October 14, 2007)
- ^ gbrathletics.com: KENYAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
- ^ IAAF, July 15, 2011: Cheruiyot subdues 10,000m field and eyes Daegu double – Kenyan Champs, Day 2
External links
- 1979 births
- Kenyan female racewalkers
- Living people
- 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
- Olympic athletes of Kenya
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Kenya