Catherine Ndereba

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

In 2008, Ndereba was described by 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 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[]

Ndereba competing in the 2005 World Championships marathon
  • 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 by Runner's World magazine and 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
  • 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
  • 2005
    • Boston Marathon winner (the first four-time woman's winner)
    • World Championships silver medalist
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 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[]

  1. ^ "Wincatherine Nyambura Ndereba - Olympics Athletes - 2008 Summer Olympics - Beijing, China - ESPN". sports.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  2. ^ Chicago Tribune, 8 October 2008: Ranking the Top 10 women marathoners
  3. ^ Catherine Ndereba. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.
  4. ^ The Standard, 28 October 2007: Catherine Ndereba: Racing to conquer the world
  5. ^ IAAF, 2 March 2006: Athletes dominate Kenyan Sports Awards
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Daily Nation, Lifestyle Magazine, 15 November 2008: Fitting tribute to Marathon Queen
  7. ^ IAAF, 27 April 2009: Ndereba matches Dorre’s record total of 21 sub-2:30 marathons
  8. ^ Catherine Ndereba. Marathon Info. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.
  9. ^ Jalava, Mirko (16 October 2011). Kiprop and Wei Xiaojie triumph in Beijing. IAAF. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.
  10. ^ Marathon Great Catherine Ndereba Retires. Runner's World (2014-05-28). Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Catherine Ndereba. Time. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  13. ^ "Famous people from Kenya Catherine Ndereba". Kenya Travel Ideas. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  14. ^ AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year Awards Archived 2011-10-20 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ City-Pier-City Half Marathon - List of winners
  16. ^ IAAF website, 31 July 2008: Joseph and Ndereba win at the Bogota Half Marathon

External links[]

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