Daniel Wanjiru

Daniel Kinyua Wanjiru (born 26 May 1992) is a former Kenyan long-distance runner. He won both the 2016 Amsterdam Marathon and the 2017 London Marathon. 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, Kenya to Sally Wanjiru. 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.

Wanjiru is a resident of Kirinyaga County, 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 Amsterdam Marathon in a course-record time. He was twice winner of the Prague Half Marathon (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 Court of Arbitration for Sport was dismissed in 2022. His results from 9 March 2019 was disqualified including his eleventh place at the 2019 London Marathon.

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