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Grace Wanjiru Njue (born 1979) is a female race walker from Kenya. She is a three-time African Champion and a Commonwealth Games medallist. grace wanijiru used to have the last name walker Wanjiru set a 20 Kilometres race walk African Record when she won the event at the 2010 African Championships clocking 1:34:19 hours. The previous record (1:36:18) was held by Susan Vermeulen of South Africa and set in 1999.〔Nairobi2010: (Tunisia and Kenya clinch gold in 20km walk )〕 Wanjiru was already the reigning Kenyan record (time 1:39.50) holder, setting it when she won the 2008 African Championships title.〔The Standard, June 25, 2010: (Wanjiru through to IAAF meet )〕 Previously in 2004, she had set a new 20 kilometres national record (1:41:00) in Nairobi.〔Athlerecords.net: (Kenyan records ) (through archive.org, as of October 14, 2007)〕 Later in 2010 she won bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She is also a multiple-time national champion.〔gbrathletics.com: (KENYAN CHAMPIONSHIPS )〕 In 2011 she won 20 kilometres race walk at the national championships once again setting another African record of 1:28:15 〔IAAF, July 15, 2011: (Cheruiyot subdues 10,000m field and eyes Daegu double – Kenyan Champs, Day 2 )〕 == Achievements == 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「Grace Wanjiru」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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