Catherine Ndereba
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| Medal record | |||
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 Ndereba at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. |
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Competitor for  Kenya |
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| Women's athletics | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 2004 Athens | Marathon | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 2003 Paris | Marathon | |
| Gold | 2007 Osaka | Marathon | |
| Silver | 2005 Helsinki | Marathon | |
Catherine Ndereba (born July 21, 1972) is a world class Kenyan marathon runner. She broke the women's marathon world record in 2001, running 2h18:47 at the Chicago Marathon.
She is from Gatunganga in Nyeri District. She went to Ngorano Secondary School where she pursued her running career. In 1994, she was recruited by the Kenya Prisons Service [1].
Ndereba currently lives in Nairobi, Kenya, with her husband Anthony Maina and daughter Jane. Her brother Samuel Ndereba and sister Anastasia Ndereba are also marathon runners.
Ndereba was awarded the 2004 and 2005 Kenyan Sportswoman of the Year awards[2].
[edit] Achievements
- 1995
- 1996
- Entered 18 races, won 13.
- Ranked No. 2 in USA Track and Field's World Road Running Rankings; named Road Runner of the Year by Runner's World Magazine and Road Racer of the Year by Running Times.
- Finished third in the Richard S. Caliguiri/City of Pittsburgh Great Race.
- 1997
- Did not run.
- Gave birth to daughter, Jane.
- 1998
- Named Road Runner of the Year by Runner's World and Road Racer of the Year by Running Times.
- Won individual bronze and team gold at World Half-Marathon Championships in Palermo, Italy.
- Ran world's fastest times at 5K (15:09), 15K (48:52), 12K (38:37) and 10 miles (53:07).
- Made marathon debut, finishing sixth at Boston in 2:28:27.
- Finally won the Richard S. Caliguiri/City of Pittsburgh Great Race with a time of 32:11, nipping American Libbie Hickman at the finish line.
- 2000
- Boston Marathon winner
- Chicago Marathon winner
- 2001
- Boston Marathon winner
- Chicago Marathon winner (World Record)
- 2002
- Finished second at Boston Marathon. Also second at Chicago Marathon.
- 2003
- World Championships gold medalist
- Sapporo half-marathon winner.
- Second at New York City Marathon and London Marathon.
- 2004
- 2004 Summer Olympics, Athens - silver medalist in Marathon.
- Boston Marathon winner
- 2005
- Boston Marathon winner (the first four-time woman's winner)
- World Championships silver medalist
- 2006
- Osaka Marathon winner
- 2007
- World Championships gold medalist
[edit] References
- IAAF profile for Catherine Ndereba
- Famous People from Kenya [1]
- ^ The Standard, Ovtober 28, 2007: Catherine Ndereba: Racing to conquer the world
- ^ IAAF, March 2, 2006: Athletes dominate Kenyan Sports Awards
| World Champions in Women's Marathon |
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| 1983: Grete Waitz | 1987: Rosa Mota | 1991: Wanda Panfil | 1993: Junko Asari | 1995: Manuela Machado | 1997: Hiromi Suzuki | 1999: Jong Song-Ok | 2001: Lidia Simon | 2003: Catherine Ndereba | 2005: Paula Radcliffe| 2007: Catherine Ndereba |
| Records | ||
|---|---|---|
Preceded by Naoko Takahashi |
Women's Marathon World Record Holder October 7, 2001 – October 13, 2002 |
Succeeded by Paula Radcliffe |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded by Joyce Chepchumba |
Chicago Women's Marathon Winner 2000 – 2001 |
Succeeded by Paula Radcliffe |
| Preceded by Tegla Loroupe |
Women's Fastest Marathon Race 2000 – 2001 |
Succeeded by Paula Radcliffe |
Preceded by Jeļena Prokopčuka |
Osaka Women's Marathon Winner 2006 |
Succeeded by Yumiko Hara |
