Jane Omoro
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Kenya
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place1994 Victoria10,000 m
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place1998 MarrakeshSenior team
Silver medal – second place1997 TurinSenior team
Silver medal – second place1999 BelfastSenior team
Bronze medal – third place2002 DublinSenior team
Bronze medal – third place1994 MarrakeshSenior 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.

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, Hungary 25th Senior race 21:32
3rd Senior team 75 pts
Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 3rd 10,000 m 32:13.01
1997 World Cross Country Championships Turin, Italy 10th Senior race 21:29
2nd Senior team 34 pts
1998 World Cross Country Championships Marrakesh, Morocco 7th Senior race 26:07
1st Senior team 30 pts
IAAF World Road Relay Championships Manaus, Brazil 2nd Marathon relay 2:21:49
1999 East African Cross Country Championships Moshi, Tanzania 1st Senior race 27:40
1st Senior team 16 pts
World Cross Country Championships Belfast, United Kingdom 6th Senior race 28:29
2nd Senior team 27 pts
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Palermo, Italy 20th Half marathon 1:12:10
2002 World Cross Country Championships Dublin, Ireland 14th Senior race 27:52
3rd Senior team 41 pts

National titles

Road race wins

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
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