quarrel with his wife, Olympic champion dead

NAIROBI - Beijing Olympic marathon champion from Kenya, Sammy Wanjiru, estimated to commit suicide after quarrel with his wife.

Wanjiru was found dead after falling or jumping from the second floor of his home in Nyahururu, Kenya, Sunday night. This is expressed by John Mbijiwe of the Kenya police.

This Olympic uara diperkiarakan jumped after a fight with his wife who had caught middle Wanjiru with other women in their homes. According to police, Wanjiru was drunk and was caught by his wife with another woman.

Wanjiru is a Kenyan runner who won the first gold medal at the Beijing Olympics marathon numbers in 2008. He recorded the best time of the Olympic, which is 2 hours 6 minutes and 32 seconds.

He began his career at the age of 15 years by moving to Japan. In 2005, Wanjiru won lommba half-marathon in Rotterdam with a world best time recorded. In 2007, he followed the marathon race at once won the Fukuoka marathon in Japan.

In 2008, he won the prestigious race in London before the record peak of his career in Beijing in an Olympic event.

Mekis so, Wanjiru has a bad record about acts of violence. In December, he was detained by police for shooting a security guard at his house with guns. Wanjiru was freed on bail.