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.World Student Games (UNIVERSIADE - MEN). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 February 2011.Chiba International Crosscountry. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (15 February 2009). Retrieved 6 February 2011. He was based in Japan from early on in his early career and won the steeplechase at the Japanese Championships on three occasions.Japanese Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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.Njenga Daniel. Marathon Info. Retrieved 6 February 2011. He was the 2006 winner of the Sendai Half Marathon.Civai, Franco & Larner, Brett (1 September 2010). Sendai Half Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 6 February 2011. He won the Tokyo International Marathon in 2004 and then the reformed Tokyo Marathon in 2007. Njenga is a featured subject in the 2007 marathon documentary Spirit of the Marathon.
Njenga was victorious at the 2009 Hokkaido Marathon and took consecutive runner-up spots at the Beppu-Ōita Marathon in 2010 and 2011.
Achievements Representing 1995Universiade Fukuoka, Japan 1st3000 m s'chase8:27.031999Fukuoka MarathonFukuoka, Japan10thMarathon2:11:492002Beppu-Ōita MarathonBeppu and Ōita, Japan2ndMarathon2:12:43Chicago Marathon Chicago, United States 2ndMarathon2:06:162003Chicago MarathonChicago, United States3rdMarathon2:07:412004Tokyo International Marathon Tokyo, Japan 1stMarathon2:08:43Chicago MarathonChicago, United States2ndMarathon2:07:442005Chicago MarathonChicago, United States3rdMarathon2:07:142006Chicago MarathonChicago, United States2ndMarathon2:07:402007Tokyo Marathon Tokyo, Japan 1stMarathon2:09:45Chicago MarathonChicago, United States3rdMarathon2:12:452009Hokkaido Marathon Sapporo, Japan 1stMarathon2:12:032010Beppu-Ōita Marathon Beppu and Ōita, Japan 2ndMarathon2:10:552011Beppu-Ōita MarathonBeppu and Ōita, Japan1stMarathon2:10:242014Beppu-Ōita MarathonBeppu and Ōita, Japan10thMarathon2:13:50
Notes 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.Campbell, Morgan (15 October 2010). Four runners, one common passion. Toronto Star. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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