Grace Wanjiru

Grace Wanjirū Njue
Personal information
Nationality Kenya
Born (1979-01-10) 10 January 1979 (age 47)
Embu, Kenya
Height1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight41 kg (90 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
20 km walk
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Kenya
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place2010 Delhi20 km walk
African Games
Gold medal – first place2015 Brazzaville20 km walk
Silver medal – second place2019 Rabat20 km walk
African Championships
Gold medal – first place2004 Brazzaville20 km walk
Gold medal – first place2008 Addis Ababa20 km walk
Gold medal – first place2010 Nairobi20 km walk
Gold medal – first place2012 Porto-Novo20 km walk
Gold medal – first place2014 Marrakesh20 km walk
Gold medal – first place2016 Durban20 km walk
Silver medal – second place2018 Asaba20 km walk
Bronze medal – third place2002 Tunis10 km walk
Updated on 26 August 2016

Grace Wanjirū Njue (born 1979) is a Kenyan race walker. She is a three-time African Champion and a Commonwealth Games medallist.

Wanjirū 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. Wanjirū was already the reigning Kenyan record (time 1:39.50) holder, setting it when she won the 2008 African Championships title. Previously in 2004, she had set a new 20 kilometers national record (1:41:00) in Nairobi.

Later in 2010 she won bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

She is also a multiple-time national champion. In 2011, she won 20 kilometers race walk at the national championships once again setting another African record of 1:28:15

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Kenya
2002 African Championships Tunis, Tunisia 3rd 10 km walk 51:35
2004 African Championships Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 1st 20 km walk 1:42:45
2007 All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 7th 20 km walk 1:52.53
2008 African Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1st 20 km walk 1:39:50
2010 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 1st 20 km walk 1:34:19 (AR, CR)
Commonwealth Games New Delhi, India 3rd 20 km walk 1:37:49
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 38th 20 km walk 1:43:59
2012 African Championships Porto-Novo, Benin 1st 20 km walk 1:40:53
2014 African Championships Marrakesh, Morocco 1st 20 km walk 1:37:04
2015 African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 1st 20 km walk 1:38:28
2016 African Championships Durban, South Africa 1st 20 km walk 1:30:43
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 8th 20 km walk 1:42:23
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 2nd 20 km walk 1:35:54
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 2nd 20 km walk 1:34:57

References

  1. ↑ "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Archived from the original on 29 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Nairobi2010: Tunisia and Kenya clinch gold in 20km walk Archived 23 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine
  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