Grace Wanjiru

Grace Wanjirū Njue is a Kenyan race walker. She is a three-time African Champion and a Commonwealth Games medallist.
Wanjirū 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. Wanjirū 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 kilometers 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 kilometers race walk at the national championships once again setting another African record of 1:28:15