Grace Nawowuna

Grace Loibach Nawowuna

Grace Nawowuna in 2023
Personal information
Born	(2003-11-10) 10 November 2003 (age 21) Kenya
Sport
Country	Kenya
Sport	Track and field
Event	Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
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 Women's athletics Representing   Kenya World Cross Country Championships 2023 Bathurst Senior team

Grace Loibach Nawowuna is a Kenyan track and field athlete who competes as a long-distance runner. ^[1]

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

1. "Grace Loibach Nawowuna" . Retrieved 4 June 2023.
2. "Little-known Loibach upsets Cheptai, Jebitok in cross country trials". nation.africa. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
3. Monti, David (18 February 2023). "Jacob Kiplimo and Beatrice Chebet win World Athletics Cross Country Championships titles". World-track.org. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
4. "Duplantis vaults world-leading meeting record of 6.11m in Hengelo". World Athletics. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
5. Goss, Symone (3 June 2023). "Sifan Hassan runs 29:37.80 to win 10,000m at 2023 FBK Games – Results". World-Track.org. Retrieved 4 June 2023.