Apart from being a marathon world-champ, Catherine Ndereba is also a devoted mother and a wife. She balances her family life with her marathon career quite effectively. Catherine Ndereba believes that her family is the source of her strength, and she has only to gain from their support.
After serving for seven months, she quit in 1995 to represent her country at the women's relay race in Seoul, Korea. Later that year, Catherine Ndereba set a personal record of 31 minutes and 35 seconds in the 10K Run at the Richard S. Caliguiri/City of Pittsburgh Great Race.
In 2000, Catherine Ndereba finished first in the Boston Marathon, and in 2002, she ranked second in the Chicago Marathon.
2000
Boston Marathon winner
Chicago Marathon winner
AIMS World Athlete of the Year award by Association of International Marathons and Distance Races
2001
City-Pier-City Loop (half marathon) winner
Boston Marathon winner
Chicago Marathon winner (World Record)
2002
Finished second at Boston Marathon. Also second at Chicago Marathon
2003
World Championships gold medalist
Sapporo half-marathon winner.
Second at New York City Marathon and London Marathon
2004
2004 Summer Olympics, Athens - silver medalist in Marathon.
Boston Marathon winner
2005
Boston Marathon winner (the first four-time woman's winner)
World Championships silver medalist
2006
Osaka International Ladies Marathon winner
Bogota Half Marathon winner
2007
World Championships gold medalist
2008
2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing - silver medalist in Marathon
