Andrew Alamisi

Andrew Alamisi

Personal information
Nationality	Kenyan
Born	Andrew Kiptoo Alamisi (2007-08-28) 28 August 2007 (age 18)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	3000 m: 7:36.24 (Budapest, 2025) 5000 m: 13:03.30 (Zagreb, 2025)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   Kenya World U20 Championships 2024 Lima 5000m Commonwealth Youth Games 2023 Port of Spain 1500 m 2023 Port of Spain 3000 m World Cross Country Championships 2026 Tallahassee U20 team 2026 Tallahassee U20 race

Andrew Kiptoo Alamisi (born 28 August 2007) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. In 2024, he became world U20 champion over 5000 metres. ^[1]

Career

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]

Alamisi was runner-up to Rodrigue Kwizera at the Cross Internacional de Itálica in Spain, in November 2025, a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold race. ^[11] In December, he was selected to represent Kenya in the U20 race at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, United States, where he won the team gold medal and individual bronze as part of a Kenyan clean sweep of the individual medals, alongside Frankline Kibet and Emmanuel Kiprono. ^{[12] [13]}

Personal life

He was a student at St. Peter’s Keberesi Secondary School, Kisii County. ^[14]

References

1. "Andrew Alamisi". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
2. "Commonwealth Youth Games". World Athletics. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
3. Burke, Patrick (10 August 2023). "Thrilling final athletics session concludes with close mixed relays at Trinbago 2023". Inside the Games. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
4. "Commonwealth Youth Games". World Athletics. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
5. "Alamisi wins Kenya's first gold in World U-20 Championships". Nation.Africa. August 28, 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
6. "Eisa runs championship record to retain world U20 5000m title in Lima". World Athletics. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
7. Chuma, Festus (28 August 2024). "Andrew Alamisi wins men's 5,000m gold for Kenya at 2024 World U20 Championships". pulsesports. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
8. "Ceh dominates discus as meeting records fall in Zagreb". World Athletics. 24 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
9. Vaselyne, John (25 May 2025). "Denis Kipkoech stuns Andrew Alamisi and Biniam Mehary in Zagreb". Athletics.co.ke. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
10. "Results - Stockholm Diamond League Bauhaus Galan 2025". Watch Athletics. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
11. "Yavi and Kwizera win in Seville". World Athletics. 9 Nov 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
12. "Kibet gains redemption and leads Kenya to U20 men's sweep in Tallahassee". World Athletics. 10 Jan 2026. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
13. "Global medallists on Kenyan team for WXC Tallahassee 26". World Athletics. 31 December 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
14. Cheruiyot, Bernard (August 27, 2024). "Kipkurui, Alamisi To Lead Kenya's Medal Quest At World Athletics U20 Championships In Lima". citizen.digital. Retrieved 28 August 2024.