Catherine Ndereba
![]() Ndereba at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. | ||
Medal record | ||
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Representing ![]() | ||
Women's athletics | ||
Olympic Games | ||
![]() | 2004 Athens | Marathon |
![]() | 2008 Beijing | Marathon |
World Championships | ||
![]() | 2003 Paris | Marathon |
![]() | 2007 Osaka | Marathon |
![]() | 2005 Helsinki | Marathon |
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 in the Olympics 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.
In 2008, Ndereba was described by a Chicago Tribune sportswriter 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 Marathon later that year, finishing the course in a time of 2:29:13 hours.[8] She did not manage to 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', currently lives in Nairobi with her husband Anthony Maina and daughter Jane. Her brother Samuel and sister Anastasia are also marathon runners.
Achievements
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- 1995
- 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 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.
- 2000
- 2001
- City-Pier-City Loop (half marathon) winner.[11]
- 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 International Ladies Marathon winner
- Bogota Half Marathon winner[12]
- 2007
- World Championships gold medalist
- 2008
- 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing - silver medalist in Marathon.
Bibliography
- Catherine Ndereba: The Marathon Queen, by Ng’ang’a Mbugua. Sasa Sema Publications, 2008[6]
References
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- Catherine Ndereba profile at IAAF
- Famous People from Kenya
- ↑ ESPN Profile
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, October 8, 2008: Ranking the Top 10 women marathoners
- ↑ Catherine Ndereba. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-10-17.
- ↑ The Standard, October 28, 2007: Catherine Ndereba: Racing to conquer the world
- ↑ IAAF, March 2, 2006: Athletes dominate Kenyan Sports Awards
- 1 2 Daily Nation, Lifestyle Magazine, November 15, 2008: Fitting tribute to Marathon Queen
- ↑ IAAF, April 27, 2009: Ndereba matches Dorre’s record total of 21 sub-2:30 marathons
- ↑ Catherine Ndereba. Marathon Info. Retrieved on 2011-10-17.
- ↑ Jalava, Mirko (2011-10-16). Kiprop and Wei Xiaojie triumph in Beijing. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-17.
- ↑ AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year Awards
- ↑ City-Pier-City Half Marathon - List of winners
- ↑ IAAF website, July 31, 2008: Joseph and Ndereba win at the Bogota Half Marathon
External links
- "Catherine Ndereba", n°38 on Time’s list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch"
- "Catherine Ndereba" Documentary Project
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Preceded by![]() |
Women's Marathon World Record Holder 7 October 2001 – 13 October 2002 |
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