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Catherine Nyambura Ndereba (born 21 July 1972) is a Kenyan marathon runner. She has twice won the marathon at the World Championships in Athletics and won silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008. She is also a four-time winner of the Boston Marathon. Ndereba broke the women's marathon world record in 2001, running 2:18:47 at the Chicago Marathon.
In 2008, Ndereba was described by Chicago Tribune sportswriter Philip Hersh as the greatest women's marathoner of all time.
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Career
Ndereba is from Gatunganga in Nyeri District, 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. Ndereba was awarded the 2004 and 2005 Kenyan Sportswoman of the Year awards. She was awarded the Order of the Golden Warrior by President Mwai Kibaki in 2005.
Ndereba finished seventh at the 2009 London Marathon, equalling Katrin Dorre's record of 21 sub-2:30 hours marathons. She placed third at the Yokohama Women's Marathon later that year, finishing the course in a time of 2:29:13 hours. 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.
Ndereba, whose nickname is "Catherine the Great", lives in Nairobi with her husband Anthony Maina and daughter Jane. Her brother Samuel and sister Anastasia are also marathon runners.
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).
Made her marathon debut at the Boston Marathon, finishing sixth in 2:28:27 hours
Finished second at the New York City Marathon
2000
Boston Marathon winner
Chicago Marathon winner
Named AIMS World Athlete of the Year by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races
2001
City-Pier-City Loop (half marathon) winner.
Boston Marathon winner
Chicago Marathon winner in a world record time
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
Summer Olympic Games, Athens - silver medalist in the marathon
Boston Marathon winner
2005
Boston Marathon winner (the first four-time woman's winner)
World Championships silver medalist
2006
Osaka International Ladies Marathon winner
Bogota Half Marathon winner
Finished third at the New York City Marathon
2007
World Championships gold medalist
Finished fifth at the New York City Marathon
2008
Summer Olympic Games, Beijing - silver medalist in the marathon
