 Cheminingwa in 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Aaron Kemei Cheminingwa | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Kenya | |||||||||||
| Born | 21 June 1998 | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 400m: 48.14 (Nairobi, 2023) 800m: 1:42.08 (Paris, 2024) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Aaron Kemei Cheminingwa (born 21 June 1998) is a Kenyan middle distance runner. He won the gold medal at the 2023 African Games in the 800 metres. [1]
In the 2020s, he began to be coached by Alex Sang, whose other athletes include Kenyan 800 metres world champion Mary Moraa. [2] He ran a 800 metres personal best time of 1:44.24 at the National Stadium, Nairobi on 6 March 2024. Cheminingwa then won gold in the 800 metres at the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana on 20 March 2024. [3] [4] It was his debut run in a Kenyan vest, and he became the first Kenyan to win that distance at the games since Japheth Kimutai in 1999. [2]
On 20 April 2024, he finished as runner-up in the 800 metres at the Kip Keino Classic in Kenya, only finishing behind a world-leading run by Emmanuel Wanyonyi. [5] In doing so, Cheminingwa lowered his personal best to 1:44:10. [6] [7] He ran a personal best time of 1:43.55 on May 23, 2024 in Asti, Italy. [8] He lowered his personal best again at the 2024 Meeting de Paris in July 2024, running 1:42.08. [9]
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