Catherine Ndereba

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 in the Olympics 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 a Chicago Tribune sportswriter as the greatest women's marathoner of all time.

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 Marathon later that year, finishing the course in a time of 2:29:13 hours. She did not manage to finish another marathon race until October 2011, when she crossed the line in 2:30:14 hours for third at the Beijing Marathon.

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Kenya: Dying Silently - Ndereba Urges Male Athletes to Open Up About Experiences With GBV

All Africa 11 Nov 2024
Nairobi -- Four-time Boston Marathon champion Catherine Ndereba has urged male athletes going through gender based violence (GBV) and other challenges to speak out ....

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You can tell Dr. Lynn Schmidt-Dolan doesn’t really feel as though she belongs on the same list as superstar runners such as Joan Samuelson, Catherine Ndereba and Colleen De Reuck ... .

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Quad-City Times 11 Jun 2024
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Ethiopian, Kenyan rule Boston Marathon

The Manila Times 17 Apr 2024
BOSTON ... Then the weather heated up, and the 34-year-old Ethiopian slowed down ... She is the sixth woman to win back-to-back in Boston and the first since Catherine "the Great" Ndereba won four in six years from 2000 to '05 ... ....

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April 18 ... 2001A.C ... 2005 — Defending champion Catherine Ndereba of Kenya becomes the first woman to win a fourth Boston Marathon and Ethiopia’s Hailu Negussie wins the men’s race to break the Kenyan stranglehold on the world’s oldest annual marathon.

Lemma and Obiri surge to victory at Boston Marathon

GDN Online 16 Apr 2024
Then the weather heated up, and the 34-year-old Ethiopian slowed down ... She is the sixth woman to win back-to-back in Boston and the first since Catherine “the Great” Ndereba won four in six years from 2000 to ’05 ... .

Boulder resident Hellen Obiri claims back-to-back Boston Marathon titles, leading Kenyan women’s podium sweep

Daily Camera 16 Apr 2024
BOSTON — Hellen Obiri’s legs were carrying her closer to Boston, but her mind was thinking about Paris. “I’m not giving up ... Kenya’s Catherine Ndereba was the last repeat Boston champion in ’05, part of her run of four titles in five years ... Share this. ... .

Lemma cruises at Boston

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 16 Apr 2024
Then the weather heated up, and the 34-year-old Ethiopian slowed down ... But today I won, so I've redeemed myself." ... She is the sixth woman to win back-to-back in Boston and the first since Catherine Ndereba won four in six years from 2000 to '05.

Ethiopia's Sisay Lemma wins Boston Marathon in runaway; Kenya's Hellen Obiri repeats in women's race

Sun Star 16 Apr 2024
Then the weather heated up, and the 34-year-old Ethiopian slowed down ... She is the sixth woman to win back-to-back in Boston and the first since Catherine “the Great” Ndereba won four in six years from 2000 to '05. “Defending the title was not easy.

Hellen Obiri claims back-to-back Boston Marathon titles, leading Kenyan podium sweep

The Associated Press 15 Apr 2024
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The Guardian 15 Apr 2024
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