Birth Name: Samuel Wanjiru
Occupation: Runner
Place Of Birth: Kenya
Date Of Birth: November 10, 1986
Date Of Death: May 15, 2011
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: Kenyan
Samuel Wanjiru was born on the 10th of November, 1986. He was best known for being a Runner. Kenyan long distance runner who was one of the world’s premiere runners, winning the Olympic marathon in 2008 and setting records at the London and Chicago Marathons. His life was cut tragically short in May 2011 after falling from his balcony in Nyahururu, Kenya.
Samuel Wanjiru was born in Kenya. He moved to Japan in 2002 and won the Fukuoka International Cross Country the next year at age sixteen. His time of 2:05:41 at the Chicago Marathon was the fastest marathon time in United States history.
Samuel Wanjiru was a Scorpio and was born in the Millennials Generation.
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Childhood
Samuel Wanjiru was born in 1980s. The 1980s was the decade of big hair, big phones, pastel suits, Cabbage Patch Kids, Rubik’s cubes, Yuppies, Air Jordans, shoulder pads and Pac Man. During the Eighties, conservative politics and Reaganomics held sway as the Berlin Wall crumbled, new computer technologies emerged and blockbuster movies and MTV reshaped pop culture. Discover what happened on this day.
Samuel Wanjiru is part of a Millennial Generation (also known as Generation Y). Millennials is a generation who grew up with computers, internet and social networks. Having been raised under the mantra "follow your dreams" and being told they were special, they tend to be confident and tolerant of difference.
Education
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Family
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Personal Life
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Samuel Wanjiru was born in the Year of the Tiger.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Samuel Wanjiru |
| NICKNAME: | Samuel |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | Millennials Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Scorpio |
| BIRTH DAY: | Monday |
| DEATH DAY: | Sunday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Samuel Wanjiru was a Scorpio. People of this zodiac sign like truth, being right, longtime friends, teasing, and dislike dishonesty, revealing secrets, passive people. The strengths of this sign are being resourceful, brave, passionate, a true friend, while weaknesses can be distrusting, jealous, secretive and violent. The greatest overall compatibility with Scorpio is Taurus and Cancer.
Chinese Zodiac: Samuel Wanjiru was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are thought to be brave and independent. They're respected for their deep thoughts and courageous actions, but sometimes show off when accomplishing something.
Ruling Planet: Samuel Wanjiru had a ruling planet of Pluto and has a ruling planet of Pluto. Back the early 2,000 B.C. the outer planets, Uranus and Neptune were not yet discovered, since the telescope had not yet been invented. Astrologers and astronomers could only work with planets visible to the eye.
Samuel Wanjiru’s birth sign is Scorpio and he had a ruling planet of Pluto.
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