Samuel Wanjiru
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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 became the youngest gold medallist in the marathon since 1932.
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Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1986-11-10)10 November 1986 Nyahururu, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 May 2011(2011-05-15) (aged 24) Nyahururu, Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Half marathon, marathon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He set the current (as of 2020) 10,000m World Junior Record in 2005 and set the half marathon world record 3 times.[1] In 2009, he won both the London Marathon and Chicago Marathon, running the fastest marathons ever recorded in the United Kingdom and United States, respectively. He retained his Chicago title in 2010 in a season fraught with injury.
In 2011, he died after a fall from a balcony at his home in Nyahururu following a domestic dispute.