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Samuel Wanjiru
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Sport Distinguished

Samuel Wanjiru

1986 – 2011

Olympic marathon champion in 2008

Distinguished is level 3 of 4 in the Kenya Hall of Fame: sustained excellence over a career, widely honoured at home. See how the levels work.

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A runner who won the marathon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in an Olympic record, Kenya's first Olympic marathon title.

He died in 2011, aged 24.
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