Janet Kisa (born 5 December 1992) is a Kenyan professional middle- and long-distance runner who competes in track, cross country, and

road running Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road. This differs from track and field on a regular track and cross country running over natural terrain. These events are usually classified as long-distance ...

events. Kisa won the silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She was a team gold medallist at the

2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 24, 2013. The races were held at the Myślęcinek Park in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Kenya topped the medal standings in the competition with 5 gold, and Ethiopia had the most overall ...

and runner-up at the

2014 African Cross Country Championships The 2014 African Cross Country Championships was the third edition of the international cross country running competition for African athletes organised by the Confederation of African Athletics. It was held on 16 March at the Kololo Golf Course in ...

Career

Born near Mount Elgon in Kenya, she began competing as a teenager and placed second at the 2009 Shoe4Africa 5km race behind the more experienced

Helena Kirop Helena Loshanyang Kirop (born 9 September 1976) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in marathon running. Her personal best for the distance is 2:23:37 hours (set in 2011) and she has won the Prague International Marathon and Venic ...

. She established herself at national level in 2011 by winning the junior women's division of the Kenyan Cross Country Championships. At the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships she came fifth in the junior race, helping Kenya to the team silver medals with the individual champion

Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (born 10 January 1994) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specializing in the 1500 metres. A 2016 Rio Olympic and 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion with the Games record at the latter, she is the second woman in history t ...

.Janet Kisa
IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-03. Her next international appearance brought her the first individual medal of her career: at the

2011 African Junior Athletics Championships The 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships were held at the University of Botswana Stadium in Gaborone, Botswana from 12 to 15 May. It was the tenth edition of the continental athletics (sport), athletics tournament for African athletes aged ...

she was the silver medallist, forming a Kenyan 1–2 in the 5000 metres with teammate

Caroline Chepkoech Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui (born 26 May 1994) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes in distances from 3000 metres to the half marathon. She has worked at the Altay Athletics club in Kazakhstan since 2017 Coach by Ken Rotic ...

. Kisa joined up with the Kenyan Police team in 2012 and placed fifth in their cross country championships and second in their 5000 m race that year. She made her

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debut in

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, running a personal best of 8:51.63 minutes for seventh over the 3000 metres. A 5000 m best of 14:57.68 minutes followed at the IAAF Rabat Meeting, where she was runner-up. She tried to make the Kenyan Olympic team but came fifth at the trials.Janet Kisa
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-08-03. In 2013, she placed third at the Police Cross Country and gained her first senior selection with the same placing at the Kenyan Championships. Kisa's sixth-place finish in the senior race at the

brought her a share in the team gold medals with Kenya. The

saw Kisa place second to Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon and the Kenyan women swept the medals with

Alice Nawowuna Alice Aprot Nawowuna (born 2 January 1994) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes mainly in track running and cross country running competitions. She is the sister of former world champion Joseph Ebuya.Mills, Steven (2014-11-23)Cherono f ...

in third. She made her debut over the

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distance in

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in April and won in a time of 71:01 minutes by a margin of over 2 minutes. On the track she placed fifth at the

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in a 5000 m personal best of 14:52.59 minutes then was runner-up at the national championships. This brought her selection for

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at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In the 5000 m Commonwealth final Kisa was the runner-up behind

Mercy Cherono Mercy Cherono Koech (born 7 May 1991) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. She was the silver medalist in the 5000 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. She is a two-time world junior champion in the 3000 metres (2 ...

, winning the first senior track medal of her career.Mercy Cherono wins gold in the women's 5000m as Janet Kisa bags Silver
''Kenya Standard'' (2013-08-03). Retrieved on 2014-08-03. From the beginning of 2016 she is coached by the Italian Renato Canova. In the first competitions of the new season, she improved her PB of 3000m (8:32.0 in Doha on 6 May) and of 5000m (14:38.70 in Rabat on 22 May).

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 Athle ...

– 4:14.03 min (2016) * 3000 metres – 8:28.33 min (2016) * 5000 metres – 14:38.70 min (2016) *

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– 33:55 min (2013) *

Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcut ...

– 71:01 min (2014)

International competition record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kisa, Janet Living people 1992 births Kenyan female long-distance runners Kenyan female middle-distance runners People from Mount Elgon District Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Kenyan female cross country runners 20th-century Kenyan women 21st-century Kenyan women