Jane Omoro

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Jane Omoro
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Victoria 10,000 m
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Marrakesh Senior team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Turin Senior team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Belfast Senior team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Dublin Senior team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Marrakesh Senior team

Jane Moraa Omoro (born 12 September 1974) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competed in cross country, track and road running events, up to the marathon. She was active from 1993 to 2007, with most of her success coming in the 1990s.

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Omoro was a five time participant for Kenya at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and won a team medal each time, including the women's team title in 1998. Individually, she placed in the top eight of the women's race on two occasions. She was a double gold medallist at the East African Cross Country Championships in 1999. [1] She became national champion at the Kenyan Cross Country Championships in 1997.

She was the bronze medallist in the 10,000 metres at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. She was the silver medallist at the 1998 IAAF World Road Relay Championships and participated at the 1999 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. She was highly successful on the American road racing circuit, taking wins at the Bay to Breakers, Bolder Boulder, Lilac Bloomsday Run and Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run, among others. In marathon running, she was a two-time winner at the Mombasa Marathon and also won the Beirut Marathon.

Personal bests

All information from All-Athletics profile [2]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1994 World Cross Country Championships Budapest, Hungary25th Senior race 21:32
3rdSenior team75 pts
Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada3rd 10,000 m 32:13.01
1997 World Cross Country Championships Turin, Italy10th Senior race 21:29
2ndSenior team34 pts
1998 World Cross Country Championships Marrakesh, Morocco7th Senior race 26:07
1stSenior team30 pts
IAAF World Road Relay Championships Manaus, Brazil2ndMarathon relay2:21:49
1999 East African Cross Country Championships Moshi, Tanzania 1stSenior race27:40
1stSenior team16 pts
World Cross Country Championships Belfast, United Kingdom6th Senior race 28:29
2ndSenior team27 pts
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Palermo, Italy20thHalf marathon1:12:10
2002 World Cross Country Championships Dublin, Ireland14th Senior race 27:52
3rdSenior team41 pts

National titles

Road race wins

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References

  1. East African Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-09-04.
  2. Jane Omoro. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-09-04.
Road race wins