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| Birth name | Catherine Reline Amanang'ole | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Kenya | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 October 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 5000m: 16:18.01 (Nairobi, 2018) 10,000m: 30:07.42 (Eugene, 2024) Half marathon: 1:05:39 (Barcelona, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
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Catherine Reline Amanang'ole (born 5 October 2002) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She won a bronze medal in the half marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga. [1]
Amangang'ole finished fourth at the South American Half Marathon Championships in Buenos Aires on 21 August, 2022. [2] In December 2022, she won the Saint Silvester Road Race in São Paulo, Brazil, in a time of 49:39. [3] [4]
On 1 October 2023 she completed a Kenyan 1-2-3 at the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga, Latvia by finishing third in the half marathon in a time of 1:07:34, behind compatriots Peres Jepchirchir and Margaret Kipkemboi. [5] In December 2023, she won the Saint Silvester Road Race in São Paulo, Brazil once again in a time of 49:54. [6]
In September 2024, she finished third at the Copenhagen half marathon in 1:06:09. [7]
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