(1979-01-10) 10 January 1979 (age 45) Embu, Kenya[1]
Height
1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight
41 kg (90 lb)
Sport
Sport
Athletics
Event
20 km walk
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing Kenya
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi
20 km walk
African Games
2015 Brazzaville
20 km walk
2019 Rabat
20 km walk
African Championships
2004 Brazzaville
20 km walk
2008 Addis Ababa
20 km walk
2010 Nairobi
20 km walk
2012 Porto Novo
20 km walk
2014 Marrakech
20 km walk
2016 Durban
20 km walk
2018 Asaba
20 km walk
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.
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]
^"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
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