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Nderba will be shooting for a shot on the Kenyan Olympic marathon team. Photo: Daily Nation At 39, she says she’s not done yet. She is a two-time silver medalist at the Olympics and once held the world record in the marathon. Her name is Catherine...
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Female Kenyan marathon runner Catherine Ndereba attends the funeral of Kenyan marathon champion Samuel Kamau Wanjiru on June 11, 2011 in Nyahururu, some 300 kms north of Nairobi, where he was laid to rest. Controversy still surrounds the death of the 25... View Photo »
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The late Samuel Wanjiru is the depending champion and Olympic Marathon record holder in the men's category having won the last edition in Beijing in 2008. Catherine Ndereba won silver in the women's edition at the same venue. Geoffrey Mutai and Kilel...
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AFRICA: A Brief Glance through IAAF History – Area Athletes, PART ONE
International Assn. of Athletics Federations
Other great African women athletes of recent vintage include Mozambique's Maria Mutola, the 2000 Olympic champion who won the IAAF World Championships 800m on three occasions. She was even more dominating at the IAAF World Indoor Championships with...
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Kenyan athlete Catherine Ndereba waits to escort the late Olympic marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru from the Lee Funeral Home in Kenya's capital Nairobi June 11, 2011. Wanjiru who died after a fall from his balcony mid last month is expected to be buried... View Photo »
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About Catherine Ndereba
Wikipedia
Wincatherine Nyambura Ndereba (born July 21, 1972) is a world class Kenyan marathon runner. She won the Boston Marathon four times and silver medals in the Olympics in 2004 and 2008. 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... Full Article
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Kenyan athlete Catherine Ndereba waits to escort the late Olympic marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru from the Lee Funeral Home in Kenya's capital Nairobi June 11, 2011. Wanjiru who died after a fall from his balcony mid last month is expected to be buried in his rural home in Nyahururu, a...
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Catherine Ndereba, from Kenya, ties her shoes prior to the 115th running of the Boston Marathon, in Hopkinton, Mass. , Monday, April 18, 2011.
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Catherine Ndereba of Kenya, left, the only four-time female champion of the Boston Marathon, Dire Tune of Ethiopia, second left, winner of the 2008 Boston Marathon, Teyba Erkesso of Ethiopia, second right, winner of the 2010 Boston Marathon, and Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot of Kenya,...
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Kenyan athlete Catherine Ndereba waits to escort the late Olympic marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru from the Lee Funeral Home in Kenya's capital Nairobi June 11, 2011. Wanjiru who died after a fall from his balcony mid last month is expected to be buried in his rural home in Nyahururu, a...
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