Grace Wanjiru

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Grace Wanjiru Njue
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Born (1979-01-10) 10 January 1979 (age 46)
Embu, Kenya [1]
Height1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight41 kg (90 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event20 km walk
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Delhi 20 km walk
African Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Brazzaville 20 km walk
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Rabat 20 km walk
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Brazzaville 20 km walk
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Addis Ababa 20 km walk
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Nairobi 20 km walk
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Porto Novo 20 km walk
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Marrakech 20 km walk
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Durban 20 km walk
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Asaba 20 km walk
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Tunis 10 km walk
Updated on 26 August 2016

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]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
2002 African Championships Tunis, Tunisia 3rd10 km walk 51:35
2004 African Championships Brazzaville, Congo 1st20 km walk 1:42:45
2007 All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 7th20 km walk 1:52.53
2008 African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1st20 km walk 1:39:50
2010 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 1st20 km walk 1:34:19 (AR, CR)
Commonwealth Games New Delhi, India 3rd20 km walk 1:37:49
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 38th20 km walk 1:43:59
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 1st20 km walk 1:40:53
2014 African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 1st20 km walk 1:37:04
2015 African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 1st20 km walk 1:38:28
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 1st20 km walk 1:30:43
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 8th20 km walk 1:42:23
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 2nd20 km walk 1:35:54
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 2nd20 km walk 1:34:57

References

  1. ↑ "2018 Commonwealth Games profile" . Retrieved 28 April 2018.[ dead link ]
  2. ↑ Nairobi2010: Tunisia and Kenya clinch gold in 20km walk
  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. ↑ Athlerecords.net: Kenyan records (through archive.org, as of 14 October 2007)
  5. ↑ gbrathletics.com: KENYAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
  6. ↑ IAAF, 15 July 2011: Cheruiyot subdues 10,000m field and eyes Daegu double – Kenyan Champs, Day 2
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