Daniel Njenga

Kenyan long-distance runner

Daniel Njenga

Njenga in the 2008 Tokyo Marathon.

Personal information
Full name| Daniel Njenga Muturi
Nationality| Kenyan
Born|  (1976-05-07) 7 May 1976 (age 48)
Years active| 1995-present

Medal record

Representing  Kenya
Men's athletics
Universiade
| 1995 Universiade | 3000 m s'chase

Daniel Njenga Muturi (born 7 May 1976) is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon.

He had his first successes in 1995 as he won the steeplechase gold medal at the 1995 Summer Universiade and also the Chiba International Cross Country meeting.[1][2] He was based in Japan from early on in his early career and won the steeplechase at the Japanese Championships on three occasions.[3]

Njenga turned to marathon running and made his debut in 1995 at the Saitama Marathon in Ageo, Saitama, Japan, placing first, and then coming in tenth in his second marathon at the 1999 Fukuoka Marathon. His breakthrough year came in 2002 when he was the runner-up at the Beppu-Oita Marathon and Chicago Marathon. His time of 2:06:16 hours in Chicago made him the third fastest runner in the world for 2002, behind only Khalid Khannouchi and Paul Tergat. He is known for his consistent, close finishes in the Chicago Marathon, finishing as runner-up three times and third on two occasions, between 2003 and 2007.[4] He was the 2006 winner of the Sendai Half Marathon.[5] He won the Tokyo International Marathon in 2004 and then the reformed Tokyo Marathon in 2007.[4] Njenga is a featured subject in the 2007 marathon documentary Spirit of the Marathon.[6]

Njenga was victorious at the 2009 Hokkaido Marathon and took consecutive runner-up spots at the Beppu-Ōita Marathon in 2010 and 2011.[7]

## Achievements

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Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes

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Representing  Kenya
1995  | Universiade | Fukuoka, Japan | 1st  | 3000 m s'chase  | 8:27.03
1999  | Fukuoka Marathon | Fukuoka, Japan | 10th  | Marathon  | 2:11:49
2002  | Beppu-Ōita Marathon | Beppu and Ōita, Japan | 2nd  | Marathon  | 2:12:43
Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | 2nd  | Marathon  | 2:06:16
2003  | Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | 3rd  | Marathon  | 2:07:41
2004  | Tokyo International Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 1st  | Marathon  | 2:08:43
Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | 2nd  | Marathon  | 2:07:44
2005  | Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | 3rd  | Marathon  | 2:07:14
2006  | Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | 2nd  | Marathon  | 2:07:40
2007  | Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 1st  | Marathon  | 2:09:45
Chicago Marathon | Chicago, United States | 3rd  | Marathon  | 2:12:45
2009  | Hokkaido Marathon | Sapporo, Japan | 1st  | Marathon  | 2:12:03
2010  | Beppu-Ōita Marathon | Beppu and Ōita, Japan | 2nd  | Marathon  | 2:10:55
2011  | Beppu-Ōita Marathon | Beppu and Ōita, Japan | 1st  | Marathon  | 2:10:24
2014  | Beppu-Ōita Marathon | Beppu and Ōita, Japan | 10th  | Marathon  | 2:13:50

## Notes

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* Daniel Njenga should not be confused with a similarly named Kenyan athlete, Daniel Mburu Njenga, who was the winner of the 2008 Toronto Marathon and 2009 Mississauga Half Marathon.[8][9]

## References

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1. ^ World Student Games (UNIVERSIADE - MEN). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
2. ^ Chiba International Crosscountry. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (15 February 2009). Retrieved 6 February 2011.
3. ^ Japanese Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
4. ^ a b Njenga Daniel. Marathon Info. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
5. ^ Civai, Franco & Larner, Brett (1 September 2010). Sendai Half Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
6. ^ "Spirit of the Marathon". Archived from the original on 2014-10-08. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
7. ^ Nakamura, Ken (6 February 2011). "Baday wins 60th annual Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon". IAAF. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
8. ^ Campbell, Morgan (15 October 2010). Four runners, one common passion. Toronto Star. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
9. ^ "Njenga Daniel Mburu". Sportsstats.ca. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

## External links

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* Daniel Njenga at World Athletics

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World University Games champions in men's 3000 metres steeplechase

* 1967:  Jouko Kuha (FIN)
* 1970:  Mikhail Zhelev (BUL)
* 1973:  Leonid Savelyev (URS)
* 1975:  Bronisław Malinowski (POL)
* 1977:  Michael Karst (FRG)
* 1979:  Paul Copu (ROU)
* 1981:  John Gregorek (USA)
* 1983:  Peter Daenens (BEL)
* 1985:  Franco Boffi (ITA)
* 1987:  Valeriy Vandyak (URS)
* 1989:  Patrick Sang (KEN)
* 1991:  Shaun Creighton (AUS)
* 1993:  Michael Buchleitner (AUT)
* 1995:  Daniel Njenga (KEN)
* 1997:  Mark Ostendarp (GER)
* 1999:  Giuseppe Maffei (ITA)
* 2001:  Anthony Famiglietti (USA)
* 2003:  César Pérez (ESP)
* 2005:  Halil Akkaş (TUR)
* 2007:  Halil Akkaş (TUR)
* 2009:  Ion Luchianov (MDA)
* 2011:  Alberto Paulo (POR)
* 2013:  Ilgizar Safiullin (RUS)
* 2015:  Martin Grau (GER)
* 2017:  Krystian Zalewski (POL)
* 2019:  Mounaime Sassioui (MAR)
* 2021:  Jens Mergenthaler (GER)

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Tokyo Marathon – men's winners

Tokyo International Marathon|

* 1981 Feb: Hideki Kita (JPN)
* 1981 Mar: Rodolfo Gómez (MEX)
* 1982: Vadim Sidorov (URS)
* 1983: Toshihiko Seko (JPN)
* 1984: Juma Ikangaa (TAN)
* 1985: Shigeru So (JPN)
* 1986: Juma Ikangaa (TAN)
* 1987: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN)
* 1988: Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)
* 1989: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN)
* 1990: Takeyuki Nakayama (JPN)
* 1991: Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)
* 1992: Kōichi Morishita (JPN)
* 1993: Abebe Mekonnen (ETH)
* 1994: Steve Moneghetti (AUS)
* 1995: Erick Wainaina (KEN)
* 1996: Vanderlei de Lima (BRA)
* 1997: Kōji Shimizu (JPN)
* 1998: Alberto Juzdado (ESP)
* 1999: Gert Thys (RSA)
* 2000: Japhet Kosgei (KEN)
* 2001: Kenichi Takahashi (JPN)
* 2002: Erick Wainaina (KEN)
* 2003: Zebedayo Bayo (TAN)
* 2004: Daniel Njenga (KEN)
* 2005: Toshinari Takaoka (JPN)
* 2006: Ambesse Tolosa (ETH)

Tokyo Marathon|

* 2007: Daniel Njenga (KEN)
* 2008: Viktor Röthlin (SUI)
* 2009: Salim Kipsang (KEN)
* 2010: Masakazu Fujiwara (JPN)
* 2011: Hailu Mekonnen (ETH)
* 2012: Michael Kipyego (KEN)
* 2013: Dennis Kimetto (KEN)
* 2014: Dickson Chumba (KEN)
* 2015: Endeshaw Negesse (ETH)
* 2016: Feyisa Lilesa (ETH)
* 2017: Wilson Kipsang (KEN)
* 2018: Dickson Chumba (KEN)
* 2019: Birhanu Legese (ETH)
* 2020: Birhanu Legese (ETH)
* 2021: Not held
* 2022: Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)
* 2023: Deso Gelmisa (ETH)

World Marathon Majors
Berlin Marathon – List (M/W)
Boston Marathon – List (M/W)
Chicago Marathon – List (M/W)
London Marathon – List (M/W)
New York City Marathon – List (M/W)
Tokyo Marathon – List (M/W)

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Japan Championships in Athletics men's 10,000 metres champions

* 1913; Shin Nakata
* 1914: Shotaro Koriyama
* 1915: Shizo Kanakuri
* 1916: Not held
* 1917: Tosaburo Yanagita
* 1920: Toshio Miyata
* 1921: Yamaguchi Miki
* 1922: Koji Shimomura
* 1923: Taro Hirano
* 1924: Not held
* 1925: Juichi Nagatani
* 1926: Shoichi Kusanagi
* 1927: Shigesaku Michikawa
* 1928: Juichi Nagatani
* 1929: Kazunori Morimoto
* 1930: Yukiki Nakajima
* 1931: Seiichiro Tsuda
* 1932: Masamichi Kitamoto
* 1933: Sami Koyanagi
* 1934–39: Kohei Murakoso
* 1940: Katsu Yamashita
* 1941: Not held
* 1942: Suenaga Tsutsumitoku
* 1943–45: Not held
* 1946–47: Suenaga Tsutsumitoku
* 1948: Ryosuke Takasugi
* 1949: Souichi Tamoi
* 1950: Ryosuke Takasugi
* 1951: Kenji Ishii
* 1952–53: Masuo Onishi
* 1954: Kazumi Umezawa
* 1955: Osamu Inoue
* 1956–57: Sekinosuke Aoki
* 1958: Takashi Baba
* 1959: Hidekuni Hiroshima
* 1960–61: Sekinosuke Aoki
* 1962: Kōkichi Tsuburaya
* 1963: Bill Baillie (NZL)
* 1964: Kazuo Tsuchiya
* 1965: Keisuke Sawaki
* 1966: Kazuo Tsuchiya
* 1967: Akio Usami
* 1968: Keisuke Sawaki
* 1969–70: Kenichi Otsuki
* 1971: Yasunori Hamada
* 1972: Toshio Miyashita
* 1973: Ichio Sato
* 1974: Katsuaki Isobata
* 1975: Nobuaki Takao
* 1976: Toshiaki Kamata
* 1977–78: Hideki Kita
* 1979: Yasunori Hamada
* 1980: Kunimitsu Itō
* 1981: Masaya Shintaku
* 1982–83: Takao Nakamura
* 1984: Masaya Shintaku
* 1985: Takao Nakamura
* 1986: Masaya Shintaku
* 1987: Kozu Akutsu
* 1988–89: Haruo Urata
* 1990–91: Thomas Osano (KEN)
* 1992: Mathias Ntawulikura (RWA)
* 1993: Stephen Mayaka (KEN)
* 1994–95: Aloÿs Nizigama (BDI)
* 1996: Toshinari Takaoka
* 1997: Julius Gitahi (KEN)
* 1998: Kenji Takao
* 1999: Toshinari Takaoka
* 2000: Sagayo Ngatho (KEN)
* 2001: Daniel Njenga (KEN)
* 2002: Tomoo Tsubota
* 2003: Toshihiro Iwasa
* 2004: Ryuji Ono
* 2005: Yu Mitsuya
* 2006–08: Takayuki Matsumiya
* 2009: Yuki Iwai
* 2010: Kensuke Takezawa
* 2011–14: Yuki Sato
* 2015: Tetsuya Yoroizaka
* 2016–17: Suguru Osako
* 2018: Shuho Dairokuno
* 2019: Kazuki Tamura
* 2020: Akira Aizawa
* 2021: Tatsuhiko Ito
* 2022: Akira Aizawa

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Japan Championships in Athletics men's 3000 metres steeplechase champions

* 1931: Takeshi Hisayama
* 1932: Hideo Tanaka
* 1933: Ken Uchida
* 1934: Hideo Tanaka
* 1935: Tetsuo Imai
* 1936: Hideo Tanaka
* 1937: Tetsuo Imai
* 1938–40: Tatsuo Osawa
* 1941: Not held
* 1942: Yoshimasa Ishida
* 1943–45: Not held
* 1946: Yoshiaki Furuya
* 1947–55: Susumu Takahashi
* 1956: Masayuki Nunogami
* 1957: Osamu Inoue
* 1958–59: Masayuki Nunogami
* 1960: Hiromi Arai
* 1961: Saburo Yokomizo
* 1962: Zenji Okuzawa
* 1963: Gaston Roelants (BEL)
* 1964: Yoshiyuki Aoba
* 1965–69: Taketsugu Saruwatari
* 1970: Nobuyoshi Miura
* 1971–74: Takaharu Koyama
* 1975: Ryuji Koyama
* 1976: Takaharu Koyama
* 1977–80: Masaya Shintaku
* 1981: Sake Smell Shinji
* 1982: Tadashi Kono
* 1983: Masaya Shintaku
* 1984: Hatsu Nagasato
* 1985: Hideki Saegusa
* 1986–87: Shigeyuki Aikyo
* 1988–89: Kazuto Yamada
* 1990: Graeme Fell (CAN)
* 1991: Marcelo Cascabelo (ARG)
* 1992: Akira Nakamura
* 1993: Bizuneh Yai Tura (ETH)
* 1994: Daniel Njenga (KEN)
* 1995–96: Yasunori Uchitomi
* 1997–98: Daniel Njenga (KEN)
* 1999: Aziz Driouche (MAR)
* 2000: Yasunori Uchitomi
* 2001–05: Yoshitaka Iwamizu
* 2006: Jun Shinoto
* 2007–09: Yoshitaka Iwamizu
* 2010–11: Takeshi Takeda
* 2012–13: Kou Yamashita
* 2014: Jun Shinoto
* 2015–17: Hironori Tsuetaki
* 2018: Kazuya Shiojiri
* 2019: Ryohei Sakaguchi
* 2020: Kosei Yamaguchi
* 2021–23: Ryuji Miura

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