Grace Wanjiru
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| Nationality | Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 January 1979 Embu, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 41 kg (90 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 20 km walk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Grace Wanjiru Njue (born 1979) is a female race walker from Kenya. She is a three-time African Champion and a Commonwealth Games medallist.
Wanjiru 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. Wanjiru 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 kilometres 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. In 2011, she won 20 kilometres race walk at the national championships once again setting another African record of 1:28:15