Catherine Ndereba Explained
Catherine Ndereba |
Birth Name: | Wincatherine Nyambura Ndereba |
Birth Date: | 21 July 1972 |
Birth Place: | Nyeri, Kenya |
Height: | 1.60 m |
Weight: | 45 kg |
Country: | Kenya |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Marathon |
Retired: | 2008 |
Pb: | 2:18:47 (Chicago 2001) |
Catherine Nyambura Ndereba[1] (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.[2]
In 2008, Ndereba was described by Chicago Tribune sportswriter Philip Hersh as the greatest women's marathoner of all time.[3]
Career
Catherine Ndereba comes from Gatunganga in Nyeri District,[4] and went to Ngorano Secondary School where she pursued her running career. In 1994, she was recruited into its athletics program by the Kenya Prisons Service.[5] Ndereba was awarded the 2004 and 2005 Kenyan Sportswoman of the Year awards.[6] She was awarded the Order of the Golden Warrior by President Mwai Kibaki in 2005.[7]
Ndereba finished seventh at the 2009 London Marathon, equalling Katrin Dorre's record of 21 sub-2:30 hours marathons.[8] She placed third at the Yokohama Women's Marathon later that year, finishing the course in a time of 2:29:13 hours.[9] She did not finish another marathon race until October 2011, when she crossed the line in 2:30:14 hours for third at the Beijing Marathon.[10]
Ndereba, whose nickname is "Catherine the Great",[11] lives in Nairobi with her husband Anthony Maina and daughter Jane.[12] Her brother Samuel and sister Anastasia are also marathon runners.[13]
Achievements
- 1995
- Represented Kenya internationally for the first time at a women's relay race in Seoul, Korea
- 1996
- Ranked No. 2 in USA Track and Field's World Road Running Rankings; named Road Runner of the Year by Runner's World magazine and Road Racer of the Year by Running Times
- 1997
- Did not race
- Gave birth to daughter, Jane.
- 1998
- Named Road Runner of the Year by Runner's World and Road Racer of the Year by Running Times
- Won individual bronze and team gold at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Palermo, Italy
- Ran the world's fastest times for the year at 5 kilometres (15:09), 12 kilometres (38:37), 15 kilometres (48:52), and 10 miles (53:07).[14]
- Made her marathon debut at the Boston Marathon, finishing sixth in 2:28:27 hours
- Finished second at the New York City Marathon
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- Finished second at the Boston Marathon. Also finished second at the Chicago Marathon
- 2003
- World Championships gold medalist in the marathon
- Sapporo half-marathon winner
- Finished second at both the New York City Marathon and the London Marathon
- 2004
- 2005
- Boston Marathon winner (the first four-time woman's winner)
- World Championships silver medalist
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- Finished sixth at the London Marathon
- 2011
- Finished third at the Beijing International Marathon
Bibliography
- Catherine Ndereba: The Marathon Queen, by Ng’ang’a Mbugua. Sasa Sema Publications, 2008[7]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Wincatherine Nyambura Ndereba - Olympics Athletes - 2008 Summer Olympics - Beijing, China - ESPN. https://web.archive.org/web/20080929120335/http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/fanguide/athlete?id=23634. dead. September 29, 2008. ESPN. 2018-05-02.
- Web site: Turnbull . Simon . 16 April 2023 . Ndereba and Okayo – the marathon greats who blazed a trail for Kenyan women . 16 April 2023 . World Athletics.
- Chicago Tribune, 8 October 2008: Ranking the Top 10 women marathoners
- Catherine Ndereba . 17 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172922/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/nd/catherine-ndereba-1.html . 2020-04-17.
- The Standard, 28 October 2007: Catherine Ndereba: Racing to conquer the world
- IAAF, 2 March 2006: Athletes dominate Kenyan Sports Awards
- Daily Nation, Lifestyle Magazine, 15 November 2008: Fitting tribute to Marathon Queen
- IAAF, 27 April 2009: Ndereba matches Dorre’s record total of 21 sub-2:30 marathons
- http://marathoninfo.free.fr/athletes/ndereba.htm Catherine Ndereba
- Jalava, Mirko (16 October 2011). Kiprop and Wei Xiaojie triumph in Beijing. IAAF. Retrieved on 17 October 2011.
- https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a20786975/marathon-great-catherine-ndereba-retires/ Marathon Great Catherine Ndereba Retires
- Hersh, Philip (2002-10-10). World record-holder Catherine Ndereba trains with her husband and sister, but it's her 5-year-old daughter who best motivates mom. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/printout/0,29239,1819129_1819134_1825760,00.html Catherine Ndereba
- Web site: Famous people from Kenya Catherine Ndereba. Kenya Travel Ideas. 2020-05-25.
- http://www.aimsworldrunning.org/AIMS-ASIC_athlete_of_the_year.htm AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year Awards
- Web site: City-Pier-City Half Marathon - List of winners . arrs.run.
- IAAF website, 31 July 2008: Joseph and Ndereba win at the Bogota Half Marathon