Catherine Ndereba

Catherine Nyambura Ndereba (born 21 July 1972) is a retired Kenyan marathon runner. Between 2003 and 2008, she finished in the top two in five successive global championship marathons. Ndereba has twice won the marathon at the World Championships in Athletics and won silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008, becoming Kenya's first female multi-medalist. She is also a four-time winner of the Boston Marathon and a two-time winner of the Chicago Marathon. It was at the latter in 2001 that she broke the women's marathon world record with a time of 2:18:47.

Catherine Ndereba
Personal information
Birth nameWincatherine Nyambura Ndereba
Born (1972-07-21) 21 July 1972
Nyeri, Kenya
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
CountryKenya
SportAthletics
EventMarathon
Retired2008
Achievements and titles
Personal best2:18:47 (Chicago 2001)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Kenya
Olympic Games
2004 AthensMarathon
2008 BeijingMarathon
World Championships
2003 ParisMarathon
2007 OsakaMarathon
2005 HelsinkiMarathon
World Marathon Majors
2000 BostonMarathon
2000 ChicagoMarathon
2001 BostonMarathon
2001 ChicagoMarathon
2004 BostonMarathon
2005 BostonMarathon
1999 New York CityMarathon
2002 BostonMarathon
2002 ChicagoMarathon
2003 LondonMarathon
2003 New York CityMarathon
2006 New York CityMarathon

In 2008, Ndereba was described by Chicago Tribune sportswriter Philip Hersh as the greatest women's marathoner of all time.

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