Jane Kibii (born March 10, 1985) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in marathon races and other road running events.
Kibii has also won several competitive half marathons, and dominated fast "SacTown" 10 mile race in Sacramento, California.
She joined the cross country and track teams in her Kenyan hometown and won her first race in Uganda, taking home $200, an amount of money she had never seen at that point in her life.
She gained a unique sponsorship as a professional runner: a solar panel company, BioLite, sponsored her as she sought to get electricity in her rural home in Kenya.
[5] After competing in track during high school in Kenya, Kibii transitioned to longer runs and moved to the United States.
She kept ahead of Lindsey Scherf and passed Sarah Kiptoo in the last mile to win in 2:32:06, netting $11,500.