Jane Wanjiku Gakunyi (born 14 June 1979) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. At the 2003 World Cross Country Championships she finished third in the short race, while the Kenyan team, of which Wanjiku was a part, won the team competition. She finished ninth at the 2004 World Cross Country Championships, but this was not enough to win a medal with the team. She is not to be confused with Jane Wanjiku Ngotho, a Kenyan runner and world junior champion from 1988.

Personal bests

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

- 4:15.01 min (2005) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

- 8:45.97 min (2006) *

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ...

- 15:04.00 min (2003) *

10,000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship level events. The race ...

- 31:04.34 min (2004) * Half marathon - 1:10:03 hrs (2006)

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* 1979 births Living people Kenyan female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Kenya Kenyan female cross country runners {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub