Catherine Amanang'ole

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Catherine Amanang'ole
Personal information
Nationality Kenya
BornCatherine Reline Amanang'ole
(2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 (age 23)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5000m: 16:18.01 (Nairobi, 2018)
10,000m: 30:07.42 (Eugene, 2024)
Half marathon: 1:05:39 (Barcelona, 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
World Road Running Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Riga Half marathon

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]

Career

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]

References

  1. "C. Amanang'ole". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  2. "South American Half Marathon Championships Buenos Aires (ARG)". World Athletics. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  3. "Catherine Reline vence São Silvestre pela primeira vez e aumenta hegemonia do Quênia". Terra.com. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  4. Matuck, Rodrigo (31 December 2022). "Catherine Reline wins São Silvestre for the first time and increases Kenya's hegemony". Gazetaesportiva. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  5. "Peres Jepchirchir Seizes Third World Half Marathon Title". Watch Athletics. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  6. "Kenya dominates Saint Silverster and wins men's and women's races; Brazil's drought increases". Terra. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  7. "Sawe and Kipkemboi claim Copenhagen Half Marathon crowns". World Athletics. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.