Edmund Serem

Edmund Serem

Personal information
National team	Kenyan
Born	(2007-12-27) December 27, 2007 (age 17)
Sport
Country	Kenya
Sport	Athletics
Event	3000 metres steeplechase
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	3000 m Steeplechase: 8:04.00 (Monaco, 2025)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   Kenya World Championships 2025 Tokyo 3000 m steeplechase African Championships 2024 Douala 3000 m s'chase World U20 Championships 2024 Lima 3000 m steeplechase

Edmund Serem (born 27 December 2007) is a Kenyan long distance runner and steeplechaser. ^[1]

Career

He won the gold medal in the 2000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 African U18 Championships in Ndola, Zambia in April 2023. ^[2] He finished sixth at the 2023 African Games in the 3000 metres steeplechase in Accra, Ghana. ^[3]

He won the silver medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics in Douala, Cameroon. ^[4]

He won the gold medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in the 3000 metres steeplechase in August 2024 in a time of 8:15.28. ^{[5] [6]}

He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025 running a personal best time of 8:08.50. ^[7] The following weekend, he secured second place in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League, running a time of 8:08.68. ^[8] On 24 May 2025, he ran a new personal best of 8:07.47 to finish third in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, also part of the 2025 Diamond League. ^[9] He followed that with a steeplechase win at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi on 31 May 2025. ^[10] He set a new personal best of 8:04.00 to place third at the 2025 Herculis event in Monaco. ^[11] He placed second in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 Diamond League Final in 8:09.96. ^[12]

He won the Kenyan Trials in July 2025, was named in the Kenyan team for the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. ^{[13] [14]} In Tokyo, he won the bronze medal in the World Championship final on 15 September 2025. ^[15]

Personal life

His older brother Amos Serem is also a steeplechaser and a former world U20 champion in the steeplechase. ^{[16] [17]}

References

1. "Edmund Serem". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
2. "How training with 'greats' is priming Amos Serem's younger brother for global stardom". Pulse Sports. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
3. Mwamburi, Geoffrey (March 19, 2024). "Africa Games: Serem Happy With Steeplechase Silver". citizen.digital. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
4. "Amos Serem's younger brother hoping to replicate his 2021 performance at 2024 World Under-20 championships". Pulsesports. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
5. "'This is for you, dad': Serem savours steeplechase gold". Nation.Africa. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
6. "Father's Inspiration Finally Yields Gold For Serem At World Under 20 Champs". capitalfm.co.ke. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
7. "Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
8. "Tinch and Duplantis fly in Shanghai/Keqiao". World Athletics. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
9. "Chebet storms to second on world 3000m all-time list with 8:11.56 in Rabat". World Athletics. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
10. "Nene smashes 44-second barrier in Nairobi". World Athletics. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
11. "Lyles back with a bang in Monaco". World Athletics. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
12. "Big wins for Lyles and Weber, records for Warholm and Tinch as Diamond League Final concludes in Zurich". World Athletics. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
13. Moses, Martin (22 July 2025). "World Athletics Championships: Faith Kipyegon, Omanyala, Chebet Lead Team Kenya to Tokyo". Toku.co.ke. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
14. Chavez, Chris (July 22, 2025). "2025 Athletics Kenya Trials For 2025 Tokyo World Championship: Notable Results". Citiusmag.com. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
15. "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 15 Sep 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
16. "Kenyan youngster Serem keen to follow in elder his brother's footsteps at championships". Nation.Africa. 22 Aug 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
17. "Serem Brothers Amos And Edmund To Face Off At Africa Games". Dailysport.co.ke. March 16, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.