Grace Wanjiru Njue (born 1979) is a female

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. She is a three-time African Champion and a

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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

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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.Athlerecords.net
Kenyan records
(through archive.org, as of 14 October 2007) Later in 2010 she won bronze medal at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

. 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 IAAF, 15 July 2011
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wanjiru, Grace 1979 births Kenyan female racewalkers Living people People from Embu County Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games Olympic athletes of Kenya Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Kenya African Games gold medalists for Kenya African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)