Evelyne Wambui Nganga (born 4 April 1986) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the

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. In 2006, she won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the

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in March. In April she participated at the World Cross Country Championships, where she finished eighth in the long race and won a silver medal in the team competition. In the next year she finished 19th at the 2007 World Championships. Her personal best times are 8:49.39 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in October 2006 in

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; 15:06.74 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in October 2005 in Kobe; and 31:14.08 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in September 2008 in Tendo.

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1986 births Living people Kenyan female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Kenya Kenyan female cross country runners 21st-century Kenyan women {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub