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Birth name | Andrew Kiptoo Alamisi |
Nationality | Kenyan |
Born | 28 August 2007 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Long distance running |
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Andrew Kiptoo Alamisi (born 28 August 2007) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. In 2024, he became world U20 champion over 5000 metres. [1]
He won silver over both 1500 metres and 3000 metres at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago in August 2023. [2] [3] [4]
He trains in Iten in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya, where he is coached by Erick Kogo. [5] On 27 August 2024, he won gold at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the men's 5000 metres in Lima, Peru. [6] [7]
He ran a personal best to finish in the runner-up spot in 13:03.30 over 5000 metres at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb on 24 May 2025, finishing behind compatriot Denis Kipkoech but ahead of Ethiopia’s Biniam Mehary. [8] [9] He ran in Stockholm at the 2025 BAUHAUS-galan event, part of the 2025 Diamond League, in June 2025, finishing eleventh over 5000 metres. [10]
He was a student at St. Peter’s Keberesi Secondary School, Kisii County. [11]