Grace Kwamboka Momanyi
Grace Kwamboka Momanyi (born February 13, 1981 in Masimba , Kisii District , Nyanza Province ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner .
Life
Even during her school days, she had success in road races overseas. After a baby break, she returned to competition in 2004, and in 2005 she broke the 16-year-old course record at the MDS Nordion 10k in Ottawa with 31: 24.4 min.
Malaria attacks, anemia and injuries subsequently set her back, and it wasn't until 2008 that she made a comeback when she became the Kenyan Cross Country Champion. At the Cross Country World Championships she was then tenth and at the African Athletics Championships in Addis Ababa third over 5000 meters . She shared the victory in the premiere of the World 10K Bangalore with Elvan Abeylegesse , and in the Kenyan eliminations for the Olympic Games in Beijing she qualified second in the 10,000-meter run . Although she carried the Kenyan flag at the Olympic opening ceremony, she was replaced by Peninah Jerop Arusei shortly thereafter .
In 2009 she won the Würzburg Residence Run over 10 km. At the World Championships in Berlin , she started over 10,000 meters. In the last third she stepped up the pace with her compatriot Linet Chepkwemoi Masai and thus contributed to the fact that Masai was able to prevail in the end against the three Ethiopians who had kept up the pace. Momanyi himself finished fourth with a personal best of 30: 52.25 minutes. At Dam tot Damloop she was fifth.
In 2010 she defended her title in Würzburg, won gold over 10,000 meters at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and won the Great South Run .
Grace Kwamboka Momanyi is 1.70 m tall and weighs 47 kg. She is trained by her husband Timothy Momanyi.
Best times
- 3000 m : 8: 56.37 min, August 31, 2009, Gateshead
- 5000 m: 14: 50.77 min, July 3, 2009, Oslo
- 10,000 m: 30: 52.25 min, August 15, 2009, Berlin
- 10 km road run: 31:25 min, May 28, 2005, Ottawa
- Half marathon : 1:12:55 h, June 12, 2005, Saltillo
Web links
- Grace Kwamboka Momanyi in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Portrait at IAAF - Athlete Profile , October 17, 2017
Footnotes
- ^ IAAF: Tadese the men's 10km victor, while Abeylegesse and Momanyi share women's spoils in Bangalore ( Memento from May 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). May 18, 2008
- ↑ Daily Nation: Kenya: Arusei Picked, Vice Captain Momanyi Left Out . August 13, 2008
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung : The invisible first . 17th August 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Momanyi, Grace Kwamboka |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Masimba ( Kisii Central District ) |