Mary Wacera Ngugi
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Mary Ngugi-Cooper is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in road running events. She holds personal bests of 66:29 minutes for the half marathon, 30:50 minutes for the 10K run, and 2:27:36 for
Ngugi at mile 24 of the 2021 Boston Marathon in which she placed 3rd.
Samuel Wanjiru
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Samuel Kamau Wanjirū was a Kenyan long-distance runner who won the 2008 Beijing Olympics Marathon in an Olympic record time of 2:06:32; becoming the first Kenyan to win the Olympic gold in the maratho
Mary Wacera Ngugi
…she was a 5000 metres bronze medallist at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics and the 2007 African junior champion. She is the widow of Samuel Wanjiru, the 2008 Olympic champion in the marathon, and had a daughter with him in 2010. Her first major international appearance was in the 5000 metres at the…
Wanjiru entering the stadium in his marathon victory at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Wanjiru approaching the finishing line at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Samuel Wanjiru, breaking a world record in the 2007 Fortis City-Pier-City Half Marathon