Grace Birungi (born 10 October 1973) is an

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...

n runner who specialized in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

and to a lesser extent

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. She won a silver medal in 400 m at the 1996 African Championships in Yaoundé and a bronze medal in 800 m at the

1999 All-Africa Games The 7th All-Africa Games were held from September 10, 1999, to September 19, 1999, in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. 53 countries participated in eighteen sports. Netball was included as a demonstration sport. The South Africans hosted abou ...

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. Participating in the

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, she achieved fifth place in her 800 m heat, thus failing to make it through to the second round.

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* 1973 births Living people Ugandan female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Uganda African Games bronze medalists for Uganda African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games 20th-century Ugandan women 20th-century Ugandan people 21st-century Ugandan women 21st-century Ugandan people {{Uganda-athletics-bio-stub