Daniel Kinyua Wanjiru

Daniel Wanjiru
Wanjiru ahead of Bekele in the 2017 London Marathon
Full name	Daniel Kinyua Wanjiru
nation	Kenya
birthday	May 25 or 26, 1992 (age 28)
size	174 cm
Weight	58 kg
Career
discipline	Long distance running
Best performance	27:43 (10 km) 59:20 ( half marathon ) 2:05:21 ( marathon )
status	blocked
last change: April 15, 2020

Daniel Kinyua Wanjiru (born May 25 or 26, 1992) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon and marathon disciplines.

Career

The first entry registered with the IAAF shows a time of 1:02:53 h at the Nairobi Half Marathon 2010. In the following years, Wanjiru was able to continuously improve his performance and won the premiere of the Karlsbad Half Marathon in 2013 for the first time outside the borders of Africa.

In 2014 Wanjiru first undercut the one-hour mark in the Prague half marathon . In the second half of the season he prepared for his first marathon and was able to win the test run at the half marathon as part of the Wachau Marathon with a sovereign advantage of over a minute. He finally made his debut at the Frankfurt Marathon , where he took first place in the U23 age group in 2:08:18 hours and overall seventh place.

In 2015 he started with a second place in the prestigious RAK half marathon , in which he left Eliud Kipchoge, who dominated this year, behind him in 1:00:06 h and finished just one second behind winner Mosinet Geremew . One and a half months later, he won the Prague half marathon in 59:51 minutes and improved his best time from the previous year by 7 seconds. At the Hamburg half marathon , Wanjiru started as the favorite, but could not finish the race.

At the Prague Half Marathon 2016 he was able to defend his title with a new best time of 59:20 minutes. With a victory at the Amsterdam Marathon in a new course record time of 2:05:21 h, which is also the tenth fastest time in the annual best list at the end of the race, Wanjiru also made it into the international top group over the marathon distance at the age of 24.

Like some of the world's best Kenyan marathon runners, Wanjiru is under contract with the Dutch agency “Volare Sport”. He lives in Embu, Kenya .

Doping ban

In mid-April 2020, Kinyua was temporarily suspended by the independent AIU integrity commission of the World Athletics Federation due to irregularities in the blood passport.

Results

Note: The times listed are the gross times relevant for the placement from the organizers' result lists.

Date / year	rank	event	venue	discipline	time	comment
0Nov 4, 2018	5	New York City Marathon	New York City	marathon	2:10:21
0Sep 9 2018	7th	Great North Run	Newcastle upon Tyne	half marathon	1:03:40
June 30, 2018	4th	City run Appingedam	Appingedam	10 km	0:29:29
Apr 22, 2018	8th	London marathon	London	marathon	2:10:35
Jan. 14, 2018	25th	Houston marathon	Houston	half marathon	1:02:55
06 Aug 2017	8th	World Athletics Championships	London	marathon	2:12:16
June 10, 2017	7th	Zwolle half marathon	Zwolle	half marathon	1:05:21
23 Apr 2017	1	London marathon	London	marathon	2:05:48
Feb 10, 2017	12	RAK half marathon	Ras al-Khaimah	half marathon	1:02:16
Oct 16, 2016	1	Amsterdam marathon	Amsterdam	marathon	2:05:21
Sep 10 2016	2	Prague Grand Prix	Prague	10 km	0:27:43
June 25, 2016	3	City run Appingedam	Appingedam	10 km	0:28:05
0May 8, 2016	4th	Prague marathon	Prague	marathon	2:09:25	behind the winner Lawrence Cherono
0Apr 2, 2016	1	Prague half marathon	Prague	half marathon	0:59:20	successful title defense in Prague with personal best
28 Mar 2015	1	Prague half marathon	Prague	half marathon	0:59:51
Feb 13, 2015	2	RAK half marathon	Ras al-Khaimah	half marathon	1:00:06
Oct 26, 2014	7th	Frankfurt marathon	Frankfurt am Main	marathon	2:08:18
Sep 14 2014	1	17th Int. WACHAU marathon	Krems at the Donau	half marathon	1:00:38
0Apr 5, 2014	3	Prague half marathon	Prague	half marathon	0:59:59
Sep 15 2013	5	16th Int. WACHAU marathon	Krems at the Donau	half marathon	1:01:34
May 25, 2013	1	Karlovy Vary Half Marathon	Carlsbad	half marathon	1:03:03
0Apr 6, 2013	11	Prague half marathon	Prague	half marathon	1:02:28
Feb 15, 2013	9	RAK half marathon	Ras al-Khaimah	half marathon	1:01:10
16 Sep 2012	3	15th Int. WACHAU marathon	Krems at the Donau	half marathon	1:01:19
31 Mar 2012	9	Prague half marathon	Prague	half marathon	1:02:32
Oct 31, 2010		Nairobi marathon	Nairobi	half marathon	1:02:53

Web links

• Daniel Kinyua Wanjiru in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete profile on volaresports.nl
• Twitter account of Daniel Wanjiru

Individual evidence

1. ^ Athlete profile at the IAAF - development of the results
2. ↑ 1st Karlsbad Half Marathon 2013: List of results
3. ↑ 17th International WACHAUmarathon: List of results
4. ↑ 33rd Frankfurt Marathon 2014: List of results
5. ↑ RAK Half Marathon 2015: List of results
6. ↑ Prague Half Marathon 2015: List of results
7. ↑ 21st Hamburg Half Marathon . hamburg.de, accessed on December 25, 2015.
8. ↑ Wanjiru breaks course record . Leichtathletik.de, accessed on October 16, 2016.
9. ^ Athlete profile of Daniel Wanjiru . volaresports.nl, accessed December 25, 2015.
10. ↑ Kenyans suspended for doping
11. ^ Marathon runner Daniel Wanjiru temporarily banned , doping allegation, on: Leichtathletik.de, from April 15, 2020, accessed April 15, 2020