Medal record | ||
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Women's athletics | ||
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Commonwealth Games | ||
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2014 Glasgow | 5000 m |
African Cross Country Championships | ||
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2014 Kampala | Senior race |
IAAF World Cross Country Championships | ||
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2013 Bydgoszcz | Team race |
African Championships | ||
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2014 Marrakech | 5000 m |
Janet Kisa (born 5 December 1992) is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner who competes in track, cross country, and road running 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 and runner-up at the 2014 African Cross Country Championships.
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. 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. Her next international appearance brought her the first individual medal of her career: at the 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships she was the silver medallist, forming a Kenyan 1–2 in the 5000 metres with teammate Caroline Chepkoech.