Catherine Ndereba
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Birth name | Wincatherine Nyambura Ndereba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Nyeri, Kenya | 21 July 1972||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 45 kg (99 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Marathon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 2:18:47 (Chicago 2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Catherine Nyambura Ndereba
In 2008, Ndereba was described by Chicago Tribune sportswriter Philip Hersh as the greatest women's marathoner of all time.[3]
Career
Catherine Ndereba comes from Gatunganga in Nyeri District,[4] and went to Ngorano Secondary School where she pursued her running career. In 1994, she was recruited into its athletics program by the Kenya Prisons Service.[5] Ndereba was awarded the 2004 and 2005 Kenyan Sportswoman of the Year awards.[6] She was awarded the Order of the Golden Warrior by President Mwai Kibaki in 2005.[7]
Ndereba finished seventh at the 2009
Ndereba, whose nickname is "Catherine the Great",[11] lives in Nairobi with her husband Anthony Maina and daughter Jane.[12] Her brother Samuel and sister Anastasia are also marathon runners.[13]
Achievements
- 1995
- Represented Kenya internationally for the first time at a women's relay race in Seoul, Korea
- Represented Kenya internationally for the first time at a women's relay race in
- 1996
- Ranked No. 2 in Running Times
- Ranked No. 2 in
- 1997
- Did not race
- 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 the Palermo, Italy
- Ran the world's fastest times for the year at 5 kilometres (15:09), 12 kilometres (38:37), 15 kilometres (48:52), and 10 miles (53:07).[14]
- Made her marathon debut at the Boston Marathon, finishing sixth in 2:28:27 hours
- Finished second at the New York City Marathon
- 2000
- Boston Marathon winner
- Chicago Marathon winner
- Named AIMS World Athlete of the Year by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races[15]
- 2001
- City-Pier-City Loop (half marathon) winner.[16]
- Boston Marathon winner
- Chicago Marathon winner in a world recordtime
- 2002
- Finished second at the Boston Marathon. Also finished second at the Chicago Marathon
- 2003
- World Championships gold medalist in the marathon
- Sapporo half-marathon winner
- Finished second at both the New York City Marathon and the London Marathon
- 2004
- 2004 Summer Olympics, Athens - silver medalist in the marathon
- Boston Marathon winner
- 2005
- Boston Marathon winner (the first four-time woman's winner)
- World Championships silver medalist
- 2006
- Osaka International Ladies Marathonwinner
- Bogota Half Marathon winner[17]
- Finished third at the New York City Marathon
- 2007
- World Championships gold medalist
- Finished fifth at the New York City Marathon
- 2008
- 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing - silver medalist in the marathon
- Finished fifth at the New York City Marathon
- 2009
- Finished sixth at the London Marathon
- 2011
- Finished third at the Beijing International Marathon
Bibliography
- Catherine Ndereba: The Marathon Queen, by Ng’ang’a Mbugua. Sasa Sema Publications, 2008[7]
References
- ^ "Wincatherine Nyambura Ndereba - Olympics Athletes - 2008 Summer Olympics - Beijing, China - ESPN". sports.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ Turnbull, Simon (16 April 2023). "Ndereba and Okayo – the marathon greats who blazed a trail for Kenyan women". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ Chicago Tribune, 8 October 2008: Ranking the Top 10 women marathoners
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Catherine Ndereba". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ The Standard, 28 October 2007: Catherine Ndereba: Racing to conquer the world
- ^ IAAF, 2 March 2006: Athletes dominate Kenyan Sports Awards
- ^ a b Daily Nation, Lifestyle Magazine, 15 November 2008: Fitting tribute to Marathon Queen Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ IAAF, 27 April 2009: Ndereba matches Dorre’s record total of 21 sub-2:30 marathons
- ^ Catherine Ndereba. Marathon Info. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.
- ^ Jalava, Mirko (16 October 2011). Kiprop and Wei Xiaojie triumph in Beijing. IAAF. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.
- ^ Marathon Great Catherine Ndereba Retires. Runner's World (2014-05-28). Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ Hersh, Philip (2002-10-10). World record-holder Catherine Ndereba trains with her husband and sister, but it's her 5-year-old daughter who best motivates mom. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ Catherine Ndereba. Time. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ "Famous people from Kenya Catherine Ndereba". Kenya Travel Ideas. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ^ AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year Awards Archived 2011-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "City-Pier-City Half Marathon - List of winners". arrs.run.
- ^ IAAF website, 31 July 2008: Joseph and Ndereba win at the Bogota Half Marathon
External links
- Catherine Ndereba at World Athletics
- "Catherine Ndereba", n°38 on Time’s list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch"
- "Catherine Ndereba" documentary project
- Famous People from Kenya