Lucy Wangui Kabuu (born 24 March 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres events. She has represented Kenya twice at the Summer Olympics, finishing in the top ten of the 10,000 m race in both 2004 and 2008. Her personal bests of 14:33.49 minutes for the 5000 m and 30:39.96 minutes for the 10,000 m make her one of Kenya's fastest ever runners in the events.
She was based in Japan for her early career. Internationally, she was a team silver medallist at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 2005 and was a double long-distance medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games (where she was the 10,000 m champion and 5000 m bronze medallist). Since 2011 she has competed on the road and has won at the Great North Run and the Delhi Half Marathon. She made her marathon debut in 2012 and became the eighth fastest woman ever with a time of 2:19:34 hours for second place at the Dubai Marathon.
LucyWanguiKabuu (born 24 March 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres events. She has represented Kenya...
Wangui is a middle name of Kikuyu origin. Notable people with the surname include: LucyWanguiKabuu (born 1984), Kenyan long-distance runner Rose Wangui...
world record in the 5000 metres, running the distance in 14:11.15. LucyWanguiKabuu from Kenya ran a personal best and finished in second place, 22 seconds...
basketball player 1984 – Adrian D'Souza, Indian field hockey player 1984 – LucyWanguiKabuu, Kenyan runner 1984 – Philipp Petzschner, German tennis player 1985...
was the most prominent domestic starter. In the women's division, LucyWanguiKabuu was the fastest entrant with her best of 2:19:34 hours. Second fastest...
Evelyne Kemunto Kimwei, Catherine Ndereba, Jane Wanjiku Gakunyi and LucyWanguiKabuu, she won the race and helped break the African record for the marathon...
consecutively but had dropped out of the Olympic marathon. Kenya's LucyWanguiKabuu was the second-fastest entrant with a best of 2:19:34 hours. Other...
81 kg) Reuben Kosgei Seroney, Athletics, Men's 3000 m Steeplechase LucyWanguiKabuu, Athletics, Women's 5000 m David Dunford Nasra Nandha Amar Shah Ramadhan...
Kenya Philes Ongori Everline Kimwei Catherine Ndereba Jane Wanjiku LucyWanguiKabuu Sally Chepyego Kaptich 23 November 2006 International Chiba Ekiden...
4:03.51 Sarah Jamieson Australia 6 May 2006 5000 metres 14:58.14 LucyWanguiKabuu Kenya 6 May 2006 110 m hurdles 12.71 (-0.0 m/s) Sally McLellan Australia...
after defeating fellow Kenyan female athletes, Rebecca Cheris and LucyWanguiKabuu. On June 3, 2017, she competed in the Budweis half marathon, where...
April 8: Milano City Marathon in Italy Winners: Seyefu Tura (m) / LucyWanguiKabuu (f) April 8: Rome Marathon in Italy Winners: Cosmas Kipchoge Birech...
Marathon". Business Standard. 29 November 2015. "In close races, Desisa and Kabuu prevail in New Delhi Half". IAAF. Archived from the original on 29 November...
set a personal best at the Delhi Half Marathon, coming second behind LucyWangui in a time of 1:07:08 hours. She won the 2012 Kenyan Armed Forces Cross...
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