Ugandan athlete
Leonard Chemutai
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Nationality | Ugandan |
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Born | (2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 (age 21) |
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Sport | Athletics |
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Event | 3000m steeplechase |
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Personal best(s) | 5000m:14:02.26 (Kampala, 2021) 3000m steeplechase: 8:17.14 (Székesfehérvár, 2023) |
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Leonard Chemutai (born 5 May 2003) is a Ugandan track and field athlete.[1]
Career
Chemutai finished seventh in the Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya.[2]
In August 2022, he finished fourth in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.[3]
Chemutai won the U20 classic mountain race at the Trail World Championships in 2022.[4] In 2023, he won the senior race at the championships.[5]
Selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest,[6] he qualified for the final of the 3000m steeplechase, in which he finished twelfth.[7]
In June 2024, he won gold in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the African Championships in Douala, Cameroon.[8] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the 3000 metres steeplechase, placing 15th in the final.[9]
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