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Catherine Nyambura Ndereba〔(ESPN Profile )〕 (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.〔Chicago Tribune, October 8, 2008: (''Ranking the Top 10 women marathoners'' )〕 == Career == Ndereba is from Gatunganga in Nyeri District,〔(Catherine Ndereba ). Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-10-17.〕 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.〔The Standard, October 28, 2007: (Catherine Ndereba: Racing to conquer the world )〕 Ndereba was awarded the 2004 and 2005 Kenyan Sportswoman of the Year awards.〔IAAF, March 2, 2006: (''Athletes dominate Kenyan Sports Awards'' )〕 She was awarded the Order of the Golden Warrior by president Mwai Kibaki in 2005.〔Daily Nation, Lifestyle Magazine, November 15, 2008: ( Fitting tribute to Marathon Queen )〕 Ndereba finished seventh at the 2009 London Marathon, equalling Katrin Dorre's record of 21 sub-2:30 hours marathons.〔IAAF, April 27, 2009: (Ndereba matches Dorre’s record total of 21 sub-2:30 marathons )〕 She placed third at the Yokohama Marathon later that year, finishing the course in a time of 2:29:13 hours.〔(Catherine Ndereba ). Marathon Info. Retrieved on 2011-10-17.〕 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.〔Jalava, Mirko (2011-10-16). (Kiprop and Wei Xiaojie triumph in Beijing ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-17.〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Catherine Ndereba」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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