Catherine Ndereba

Catherine Ndereba

Ndereba at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics
Personal information
Birth name	Wincatherine Nyambura Ndereba
Born	(1972-07-21) 21 July 1972 (age 51) Nyeri, Kenya
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
Country	Kenya
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon
Retired	2008
Achievements and titles
Personal best	2:18:47 (Chicago 2001)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Kenya Olympic Games 2004 Athens Marathon 2008 Beijing Marathon World Championships 2003 Paris Marathon 2007 Osaka Marathon 2005 Helsinki Marathon World Marathon Majors 2000 Boston Marathon 2000 Chicago Marathon 2001 Boston Marathon 2001 Chicago Marathon 2004 Boston Marathon 2005 Boston Marathon 1999 New York City Marathon 2002 Boston Marathon 2002 Chicago Marathon 2003 London Marathon 2003 New York City Marathon 2006 New York City Marathon

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]