Daniel Kinyua Wanjiru (born 26 May 1992) is a former Kenyan

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. He won both the 2016

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and the

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. His personal best time for the marathon is 2:05:21, set in Amsterdam in 2016. Wanjiru served a four-year ban from 2019 to 2023 for an anti-doping rule violation

Early life

Wanjiru was born on 26 May 1992 in

Embu County Embu County is a Counties of Kenya, county in the Mt Kenya region in Kenya. As of 2024 its estimated population is 608,599. The county borders Kirinyaga County, Kirinyaga to the west, Kitui County, Kitui to the east, Tharaka Nithi County, Tharak ...

, Kenya to Sally Wanjiru.Ayodi, Ayumba (25 April 2017)

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He received his education at Mutitu High School and graduated in 2008. He started running while at school. Daniel Wanjiru is not related to the late marathoner

Samuel Wanjiru Samuel Kamau Wanjiru (10 November 1986 – 15 May 2011) was a Kenyan long-distance runner who won the 2008 Beijing Olympics Marathon in an Olympic record time of 2:06:32; becoming the first Kenyan to win the Olympic gold in the marathon. He beca ...

. Wanjiru is a resident of

Kirinyaga County Kirinyaga County is a county in the former Central Province of Kenya, located south of Mount Kenya. Its capital is Kutus and its largest town is Wanguru. In 2019, the county had a population of 610,411 people and has an area of 1,478.1 ...

, Kirinyaga Central Constituency, Kanyeki-ini ward.

Career

Wanjiru started his career in the non-profit team Run2gether (founded by former Austrian orienteering champion Thomas Krejci) winning several road races mainly in Austria and Italy. In 2016 Wanjiru won the

in a course-record time. He was twice winner of the

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(2015 and 2016). In October 2020, Wanjru was issued with a four-year competition ban backdated to 2019 for an anti-doping rule violation in relation to abnormalities in his Athlete Biological Passport. An appeal to the

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was dismissed in 2022. His results from 9 March 2019 was disqualified including his eleventh place at the

2019 London Marathon The 2019 London Marathon was the 39th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on 28 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge, who took his fourth London Marathon victory in a time of ...

Achievements

References

External links

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2017 Virgin Money London Marathon Result
1992 births Living people Kenyan male marathon runners Kenyan male long-distance runners People from Embu County 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen Doping cases in athletics Kenyan sportspeople in doping cases {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub