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Catherine Nyambura Ndereba[1] (born 21 July 1972) is a Kenyan marathon runner. She has twice won the marathon at the World Championships in Athletics and won silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008. She is also a four-time winner of the Boston Marathon. Ndereba broke the women's marathon world record in 2001, running 2:18:47 at the Chicago Marathon.

Catherine Ndereba

Ndereba at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.
Medal record
Representing  Kenya
Women's athletics
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	Marathon
	2008 Beijing	Marathon
World Championships
	2003 Paris	Marathon
	2007 Osaka	Marathon
	2005 Helsinki	Marathon
World Marathon Majors
	2006 New York City	Marathon
	2005 Boston	Marathon
	2004 Boston	Marathon
	2003 New York City	Marathon
	2003 London	Marathon
	2002 Chicago	Marathon
	2002 Boston	Marathon
	2001 Chicago	Marathon
	2001 Boston	Marathon
	2000 Chicago	Marathon
	2000 Boston	Marathon
	1998 New York City	Marathon

In 2008, Ndereba was described by Chicago Tribune sportswriter Philip Hersh as the greatest women's marathoner of all time.[2]

Career

Ndereba is from Gatunganga in Nyeri District,[3] 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.[4] Ndereba was awarded the 2004 and 2005 Kenyan Sportswoman of the Year awards.[5] She was awarded the Order of the Golden Warrior by President Mwai Kibaki in 2005.[6]

Ndereba finished seventh at the 2009 London Marathon, equalling Katrin Dorre's record of 21 sub-2:30 hours marathons.[7] She placed third at the Yokohama Women's Marathon later that year, finishing the course in a time of 2:29:13 hours.[8] She did not finish another marathon race until October 2011, when she crossed the line in 2:30:14 hours for third at the Beijing Marathon.[9]

Ndereba, whose nickname is "Catherine the Great",[10] lives in Nairobi with her husband Anthony Maina and daughter Jane.[11] Her brother Samuel and sister Anastasia are also marathon runners.[12]

Achievements

• 1995
  • Represented Kenya internationally for the first time at a women's relay race in Seoul, Korea
• 1996
  • 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
• 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 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 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).[13]
  • 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[14]
• 2001
  • City-Pier-City Loop (half marathon) winner.[15]
  • Boston Marathon winner
  • Chicago Marathon winner in a world record time
• 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 Marathon winner
  • Bogota Half Marathon winner[16]
  • 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[6]

References

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

Records
Preceded by Naoko Takahashi	Women's Marathon World Record Holder 7 October 2001 – 13 October 2002	Succeeded by Paula Radcliffe

На других языках

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[de] Catherine Ndereba

Catherine Nyambura Ndereba (* 21. Juli 1972 in Nyeri) ist eine kenianische Langstreckenläuferin. Sie wurde zweimal Weltmeisterin, einmal Vize-Weltmeisterin und zweimal Olympiazweite im Marathonlauf.

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- [en] Catherine Ndereba

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[fr] Catherine Ndereba

Catherine Ndereba, née le 21 juillet 1972 à Nairobi, est une athlète kényane, pratiquant le marathon.

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[it] Catherine Ndereba

Wincatherine Nyambura Ndereba, detta Catherine (Gatunganga, 21 luglio 1972), è un'ex maratoneta keniota, due volte campionessa mondiale della specialità.

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[ru] Ндереба, Катрин

Катрин Нямбура Ндереба (англ. Wincatherine Nyambura Ndereba; род. 21 июля 1972 года) — кенийская легкоатлетка, которая специализировалась в марафоне.

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