(1981-09-11) 11 September 1981 (age 42) Nyeri, Kenya
Updated on 26 October 2013
Ruth Wanjiru Kuria (born 11 September 1981) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes in marathon and half marathon races. She has a personal best of 2:27:38 hours for the longer distance (set in 2009) and was the 2013 winner of the Eindhoven Marathon.
Wanjiru spent her early career in Japan, running for Hitachi, then Second Wind AC and regularly competed on the road circuit there. She represented her country at the 2009 Yokohama International Women's Ekiden.
RuthWanjiru Kuria (born 11 September 1981) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes in marathon and half marathon races. She has a personal...
runner and 2008 Olympic champion RuthWanjiru (born 1981), Kenyan road runner based in Japan Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru (born 1989), Kenyan middle- and long-distance...
Kenyan lawyer Manasses Kuria (1929–2005), Kenyan Anglican Archbishop RuthWanjiru Kuria (born 1981), Kenyan long-distance road runner Kuria (islands),...
Gladys Kibiwot Bahrain 2:36:34 2015 5,491 Ezekiel Omullo Kenya 2:09:19 RuthWanjiru Kenya 2:29:39 2014 6,679 Victor Kipchirchir Kenya 2:09:59 Svitlana...
Chris. "Wanjiru on course to win World Marathon Majors". The East African. Retrieved 16 April 2014. Larkin, Duncan (2010-11-09). "Wanjiru and Shobukhova...
38,000 runners took part, the most in the race's history. Kenyan Samuel Wanjiru won the men's event with a time of 2:06:24, beating Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede...
at the Valencia Half Marathon. The previous record of 1:04:02 was set by Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya on 4 April 2021, in Istanbul, Turkey. On 8 September...
hours after the accident. Nick Ndeda Sue Wanjiru Brian Ogola Achar Brian Junniah W Kariithi shirleen Wangari Ruth Maingi Brenda Wairimu The inspiration of...
men's record is 2:06:32, set at the 2008 Summer Olympics by Samuel Kamau Wanjiru of Kenya. The Olympic women's record is 2:23:07, set at the 2012 Summer...
Uganda in November 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal, and for women is 1:04:02, set by Ruth Chepng'etich of Kenya on April 4, 2021, in Istanbul, Turkey. Participation...
den heiligen Baum Wanjiru Kinyanjui Germany, Kenya Black Head Kara Kafa Korhan Yurtsever Turkey A Lover & Killer of Colour Wanjiru Kinyanjui Germany I...
team Most Promising sportsman: Samuel Wanjiru (athletics) Most Promising sportswoman: Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru (athletics) Hall of Fame inductee: Joe...
Ethiopia 28 October 2018 Valencia Half Marathon Valencia 19 55:31+ Samuel Wanjiru Kenya 17 March 2007 The Hague 20 55:32+ Muktar Edris Ethiopia 24 October...
stood until the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, when Kenyan Sammy Wanjiru won with a time of 2:06:32. In 1985, Lopes won the World Cross Country...
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