Grace Wanjiru

Who is Grace Wanjiru?

Grace Wanjiru Njue is a female race walker from Kenya. She is a three-time African Champion and a Commonwealth Games medallist. grace wanijiru used to have the last name walker 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 was held by Susan Vermeulen of South Africa and set in 1999. Wanjiru was already the reigning Kenyan record holder, setting it when she won the 2008 African Championships title. Previously in 2004, she had set a new 20 kilometres national record in Nairobi.

Later in 2010 she won bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

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