Catherine Ndereba

Catherine Ndereba
Ndereba at the 2005 Helsinki Marathon
Personal information
BornWincatherine Nyambura Ndereba
(1972-07-21) 21 July 1972
Nyeri, Kenya
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight45 kg (99 lb)
Sport
CountryKenya
SportAthletics
Event
Marathon
Retired2008
Achievements and titles
Personal best2:18:47 (Chicago 2001)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Kenya
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Marathon
2008 Beijing Marathon
World Championships
2003 Paris Marathon
2007 Osaka Marathon
2005 Helsinki Marathon
World Marathon Majors
2000 Boston Marathon
2000 Chicago Marathon
2001 Boston Marathon
2001 Chicago Marathon
2004 Boston Marathon
2005 Boston Marathon
1999 New York City Marathon
2002 Boston Marathon
2002 Chicago Marathon
2003 London Marathon
2003 New York City Marathon
2006 New York City Marathon

Catherine Nyambura Ndereba (born 21 July 1972) is a retired Kenyan marathon runner. Between 2003 and 2008, she finished in the top two in five successive global championship marathons. Ndereba has twice won the marathon at the World Championships in Athletics and won silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008, becoming Kenya's first female multi-medalist. She is also a four-time winner of the Boston Marathon and a two-time winner of the Chicago Marathon. It was at the latter in 2001 that she broke the women's marathon world record with a time of 2:18:47.

She retired in 2012 having been described by the Chicago Tribune as the greatest women's marathoner of all time.