Grace Loibach Nawowuna is a Kenyan track and field athlete who competes as a long distance runner.[1]
.jpg) Grace Nawowuna in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 November 2003 Kenya | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Kenya | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 3000m: 9:19.56 (Nairobi 2021) 5000m: 14:42.63 (Paris 2023) 10,000 m: 29:47.42 (Hengelo 2023) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
From Elgeyo Marakwet, Loibach won the women’s senior 10 km race at the Kenyan Cross Country national trials on her senior race debut in December 2022.[2]
She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst in February 2023. She finished fourth in the women’s race, clocking a 34:13 minute run. She won the gold medal as part of the successful Kenyan team ranking.[3]
In June 2023 she ran the eighth fastest 10,000m time of all time in her debut at the distance, running 29:47.08 to finish runner-up to Sifan Hassan in Hengelo.[4][5]
References
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