Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (10 November 1986 – 15 May 2011) was a Kenyan long-distance runner who won the 2008 Beijing Olympics Marathon in an Olympic record...

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...

Wanjiru is a name of Kikuyu origin that may refer to: The main character of a Kikuyu story, "Wanjiru, Sacrificed by Her People" Daniel Wanjiru (born 1992)...

Ninety-five athletes from 56 nations competed. The winner of the event was Samuel Wanjiru of Kenya, who set an Olympic record in the time of two hours, six minutes...

Chris. "Wanjiru on course to win World Marathon Majors". The East African. Retrieved 16 April 2014. Larkin, Duncan (2010-11-09). "Wanjiru and Shobukhova...

ran the half marathon of the Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon to beat Samuel Wanjiru 2005 record for the distance by a full 21 seconds with a time of 58...

 Kenya 2 April 2006 Berlin ARRS 58:53 Samuel Wanjiru  Kenya 9 February 2007 Ras al-Khaimah IAAF, ARRS 58:33 Samuel Wanjiru  Kenya 17 March 2007 The Hague IAAF...

58:30  Rodgers Kwemoi (KEN) 19 February 2022 Ras al-Khaimah 15 58:33  Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 17 March 2007 The Hague  Jemal Yimer (ETH) 28 October 2018 Valencia...

Kiptum (KEN) 2:00:35 Chicago, United States 8 October 2023 Olympic record  Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:06:32 Beijing, China 24 August 2008 World leading  Benson Kipruto (KEN)...

Women  Berhane Adere (ETH) 30:04.18 (2003) World junior (U20) records Men  Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 26:41.75 (2005) Women  Linet Masai (KEN) 30:26.50 (2008)...

although he described the course as "very hard", he won the race ahead of Samuel Wanjiru. He attempted for yet another title at the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon...

Olympic men's record is 2:06:32, set at the 2008 Summer Olympics by Samuel Kamau Wanjiru of Kenya. The Olympic women's record is 2:23:07, set at the 2012...

56:18+ Samuel Wanjiru  Kenya 11 September 2005 Rotterdam Half Marathon Rotterdam, Netherlands 18 years, 305 days Half marathon 59:16 Samuel Wanjiru  Kenya...

States 2:11:29 Vanderlei de Lima  Brazil 2:12:11 2008 Beijing details Samuel Wanjiru  Kenya 2:06:32 Jaouad Gharib  Morocco 2:07:16 Tsegay Kebede  Ethiopia...

half marathon world record of 58:33 minutes was set at this race by Samuel Wanjiru in 2007. This remains the men's course record, while Tegla Loroupe is...

3:29.46 in 1985, and 5000 m, 13:00.40 in 1985 and 12:58.39 in 1987 Samuel Wanjiru (10 November 1986 – 15 May 2011), Kenyan, he won the London Marathon...

taking four seconds off the previous mark set 19 years ago by the late Samuel Wanjiru. He was later included in the Ethiopian team for the 2024 Paris Olympics...

national anthem of Kenya: Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu, for the gold medallist Samuel Wanjiru. Presentation of flowers to twelve volunteers by newly elected athlete...

would plateau around the 2:02 mark, an opinion shared by Kenyan runner Samuel Wanjiru. Extrapolating the fall in marathon world record times, Francois Peronnet...

gold medalist who went on to win the IAAF Golden League jackpot, and Samuel Wanjiru, who won the men's marathon. Retired Olympic and Commonwealth Games...

Paul Kariuki Njiru - Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wote Samuel Wanjiru, first Kenyan to win the Olympic gold medal in the marathon, 2008 Beijing...

September 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2024. "Kenya Olympic marathon star Sammy Wanjiru dies in fall". BBC News. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2023. Williams...

Half Marathon, first held in 2007, resulted in a world record from Samuel Wanjiru in 2007 and the second fastest run of all time from Patrick Makau Musyoki...

such as; John Ngugi, Catherine Ndereba, Stanley Waithaka and the late Samuel Wanjiru (a one-time Olympic champion, three-time major marathon winner, one-time...

by Moses Tanui in 1993. Tergat's world record was broken in 2005 by Samuel Wanjiru, another Kenyan. When Tergat raced Gebrselassie in the London Marathon...

to top the men's podium are Olympic champions Haile Gebrselassie and Samuel Wanjiru, while former world champion over 10,000 metres, Berhane Adere, was...

The top three men, Samuel Wanjiru, Tsegay Kebede, and Jaouad Gharib, near the end of the 2009 marathon...

Samuel Wanjiru won in 2007 and went on to take the 2008 Olympic marathon title....

at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and came fifth in the marathon. He beat Samuel Wanjiru to win the inaugural edition of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Marathon...

runners for practicing before major events due to its high altitude. Samuel Wanjiru, the Olympic Marathon Record holder and the first Kenyan to win the...