Grace Momanyi

Grace Kwamboka Momanyi (born 5 September 1983) is a Kenyan long distance runner of the Kisii tribe.

[4][5] She did much to make up for her Olympic disappointment, setting a 5000 m best at the Memorial Van Damme meeting and going on to win the Great Yorkshire Run 10K race in 32:44 just two days later.

She was Kenya's second-best athlete in the race after event winner Linet Masai but managed to beat Meseret Defar, one of the pre-race favourites.

She saw her performance in the ten-mile race as a stepping-stone to a future in road events: "This was a good result and very important as eventually I will be moving to the marathon".

[10] She claimed fourth place at the World's Best 10K in February 2011,[11] but reached the podium at the Lisbon Half Marathon the following month by taking third in a personal best of 1:08:41.