Grace Nawowuna Explained

Grace Loibach Nawowuna
Birth Date:	10 November 2003
Birth Place:	Kenya
Country:	Kenya
Sport:	Track and field
Event:	Long-distance running
Pb:	3000m: 9:19.56 (Nairobi 2021) 5000m: 14:42.63 (Paris 2023) 10,000 m: 29:47.42 (Hengelo 2023)
Show-Medals:	yes

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]}

Notes and References

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