Catherine Nyambura Ndereba ( born July 21, 1972 ) is a Kenyan marathon runner.

Ndereba is from Gatunganga in Nyeri District, and went to Ngorano Secondary School where she pursued her running career.

* July 21 – Catherine Ndereba, Kenyan long-distance runner

* Catherine Ndereba, Four time Boston Marathon Champion, silver medalist in the Olympics in 2004 and 2008.

Masai participated the 2008 World championships marathon in Osaka, Japan, finishing 8th in a race won by her compatriot Catherine Ndereba.

In 2001, when Catherine Ndereba broke the women's world record marathon time, both the men's and women's then-current world records had been set at the Chicago Marathon.

* Catherine Ndereba: The Marathon Queen, by Ng ’ ang ’ a Mbugua.

*" Catherine Ndereba ", n ° 38 on Time ’ s list of " 100 Olympic Athletes To Watch "

*" Catherine Ndereba " Documentary Project

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On 22 August 2004 Noguchi won the marathon in the 2004 Athens Olympics, against a field which included world record holder Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain, and the 2003 world champion Catherine Ndereba of Kenya.

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.

Ndereba was awarded the 2004 and 2005 Kenyan Sportswoman of the Year awards.

Ndereba finished seventh at the 2009 London Marathon, equalling Katrin Dorre's record of 21 sub-2: 30 hours marathons.

She was overtaken during the race by Mizuki Noguchi from Japan and Catherine Ndereba of Kenya.

When she reached the 30-kilometer sign, after running the previous 5 kilometers in just under 17 minutes, she had a 26-second lead on Elfenesh Alemu of Ethiopia and a 32-second lead on Radcliffe, Heading into the streets of downtown Athens, Noguchi held off Catherine Ndereba, who closed the gap over the final 5 kilometers but could not make up the difference.

Ndereba finished 12 seconds behind Noguchi.

* Catherine Ndereba of Kenya and Hailu Negussie of Ethiopia win in the 109th Boston Marathon.

Defending champion Ndereba became the first four-time woman's winner.

Starting out as mainly a local event, athletes from all over the U. S. and various parts of the world now participate in the annual event, including some world-class distance runners, including Olympic Marathon Silver medalists Catherine Ndereba and Meb Keflezighi, as well as Chicago Marathon winner Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot.

Catherine Ndereba has won the women's race on five occasions.

The race has featured top level international competitors, including Olympic medalists Grete Waitz, Catherine Ndereba, and Elana Meyer.

Kenya's Catherine Ndereba had three straight wins from 2000 to 2002.

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