Grace Wanjiru
Kenyan racewalker
Grace Wanjirū Njue (born 1979) is a Kenyan race walker. She is a three-time African Champion and a Commonwealth Games medallist.
Wanjirū 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. Wanjirū was already the reigning Kenyan record (time 1:39.50) holder, setting it when she won the 2008 African Championships title. Previously in 2004, she had set a new 20 kilometers national record (1:41:00) in Nairobi.
Later in 2010 she won bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
She is also a multiple-time national champion.
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