Grace Wanjiru, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Grace Wanjiru

Kenyan racewalker

Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1979

Place of Birth: Embu, Eastern Province, Kenya

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Kenya

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Grace Wanjiru

  • Grace Wanjiru Njue (born 1979) is a female race walker from Kenya.
  • She is a three-time African Champion and a Commonwealth Games medallist. Wanjiru 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.
  • Wanjiru 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 kilometres 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 kilometres race walk at the national championships once again setting another African record of 1:28:15

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