Rosemary Wanjiru

Rosemary Wanjiru
Full name	Rosemary Monica Wanjiru
nation	Kenya
birthday	9th December 1994 (age 25)
Career
discipline	Long distance running
Best performance	29:50 min (10 km) 1:05:34 h (half marathon)
society	Starts
status	active
Medal table
Africa Games 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Africa Games silver Brazzaville 2015 5000 m
last change: April 2, 2020

Rosemary Monica Wanjiru (born December 9, 1994 ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner .

Career

As a teenager, Rosemary Wanjiru moved to Japan to compete for the athletics team of the Aomori Yamada High School in Aomori from 2011 . In 2012 and 2013, she set the best time for each stage of the national Ekiden High School Championships ( English All-Japan High School Ekiden Championship ), a popular relay race in which 5 runners per school complete the half-marathon distance. After graduating from school, she joined the company team at the Starts holding company in 2014 .

In her first international outing in September 2015, the Africa Games in Brazzaville , Wanjiru won silver over 5000 meters just behind her compatriot Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi . In the following three years, Wanjiru mainly competed in Japan and achieved best times of 15: 08.61 min over 5000 meters (2018) and 31: 41.23 min over 10,000 meters (2017).

In 2019, Wanjiru increased her level of performance significantly. At the beginning of the year she crossed the finish line in fourth place in the 10K Valencia Ibercaja in 30:50 minutes. In August she qualified at the Kenyan championships with third place over 10,000 meters for the world championships in Doha, where she finished fourth in a tactical race in 30: 35.75 min. In the following year, 2020, when she started again in Valencia, she stayed four seconds behind the winner Sheila Chepkirui with 29:50 minutes for the first time under 30 minutes, which means she was third in the all-time world best list over 10 kilometers. Five weeks later she made her debut at the RAK half marathon with 1:05:34 h over the half marathon , she was only beaten by Ababel Yeshaneh and Brigid Kosgei , both of them in 1:04:31 h and 1:04:49 h respectively undercut old world record time.

Personal bests

• 3000 meters : 8: 44.24 min, November 10, 2018 in Yokohama
• 5000 meters : 15: 03.49 min, July 8, 2020 in Fukagawa
• 10,000 meters : 30: 35.75 min, September 28, 2019 in Doha
• 10 km road run : 29:50 min, January 12, 2020 in Valencia
• Half marathon : 1:05:34 h, February 21, 2020 in Ras al-Khaimah

Web links

• Rosemary Wanjiru in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ritsumeikan Uji Upsets Defending Champion Toyokawa for National High School Girls Ekiden Title. In: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com. December 23, 2012, accessed April 2, 2020 . Toyokawa Girls Win Record-Setting Fourth Title at 25th National High School Girls Ekiden. In: japanrunningnews.blogspot.com. December 22, 2013, accessed April 2, 2020 . 
    
2. ↑ ス タ ー ツ 陸上 競技 部. In: starts.co.jp. Retrieved April 2, 2020 (Japanese). 
3. ↑ GOLD COUNT STARTS: Kenya sweep medals on offer in the 5,000m and men's steeplechase in Congo. In: standardmedia.co.ke. September 15, 2015, accessed April 2, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Rosemary Monica Wanjiru. In: worldathletics.org. Retrieved April 2, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Ethiopian national record - Austrians under 30 minutes. In: runaustria.at. January 14, 2019, accessed April 2, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Kamworor and Tirop take 10,000m titles at Kenyan Championships. In: worldathletics.org. August 21, 2019, accessed April 2, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Report: women's 10,000m - IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019. In: worldathletics.org. September 28, 2019, accessed April 2, 2020 . 
8. ↑ New world record by Rhonex Kipruto. In : laufen.de. January 12, 2020, accessed April 2, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Yeshaneh breaks half marathon world record in Ras Al Khaimah. In: worldathletics.org. February 21, 2020, accessed on April 2, 2020 .