Grace Wanjiru Njue

Grace Wanjiru Njue

Full name

Grace Wanjiru Njue

nation

Kenya

birthday

October 10, 1979

place of birth

Kenya

Career

discipline

Go

Best performance

1:30:43 h

National squad

since 2002

status

active

Medal table

Commonwealth Games	0 ×	1 ×
Africa Games	1 ×	0 ×
African Championships	6 ×	1 ×

Commonwealth Games
bronze	2010 New Delhi	20 km
Africa Games
gold	2015 Brazzaville	20 km
African Championships
gold	2016 Durban	20 km
gold	2014 Marrakech	20 km
gold	2012 Porto Novo	20 km
gold	2010 Nairobi	20 km
gold	2008 Addis Ababa	20 km
gold	2004 Brazzaville	20 km
bronze	2002 Tunis / Radès	10 km

last change: June 26, 2016

Grace Wanjiru Njue (born October 10, 1979 ) is a Kenyan walker .

Wanjiru is multiple Kenyan champion in 20 km walking . She won her first national title in 2000. Internationally, she was particularly successful at the African Athletics Championships . In 2002 in Radès, she won the bronze medal in the 10-kilometer distance. In 2004 in Brazzaville, 2008 in Addis Ababa and 2010 in Nairobi, she was each African champion over 20 kilometers. In the latter victory, she set an African record over this distance with a time of 1:34:19 hours. At the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in 2010 , she was third.

Top performances

10,000 m walk: 44: 41.8 min (AR), March 5, 2016, Thika
10 km walking: 51:35 min, August 7, 2002, Radès
20 km walking: 1:30:43 h (AR), June 26, 2016, Durban

Web links

Grace Wanjiru Njue in the database of World Athletics (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Njue, Grace Wanjiru
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Kenyan athlete
DATE OF BIRTH	October 10, 1979