Grace_Wanjiru

Grace Wanjiru

Grace Wanjiru

Kenyan race walker

Grace Wanjiru Njue (born 1979) is a female race walker from Kenya. She is a three-time African Champion and a Commonwealth Games medallist.

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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]

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References

  1. [1]
    "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. [2]
    Nairobi2010: Tunisia and Kenya clinch gold in 20km walk
  3. [3]
    Mutuota, Mutwiri (25 June 2010). "Wanjiru through to IAAF meet". The Standard. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  4. [4]
    Athlerecords.net: Kenyan records (through archive.org, as of 14 October 2007)
  5. [5]
    gbrathletics.com: KENYAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
  6. [6]
    IAAF, 15 July 2011: Cheruiyot subdues 10,000m field and eyes Daegu double – Kenyan Champs, Day 2
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