Edmund Serem

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Edmund Serem
Edmund Serem Championnat d'Afrique d'athletisme 2024 21 (cropped).jpg
Serem in 2024
Personal information
National teamKenyan
Born (2007-12-27) 27 December 2007 (age 18)
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 Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Tokyo 3000 m steeplechase
African Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Douala 3000 m s'chase
World U20 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Lima 3000 m steeplechase

Edmund Serem (born 27 December 2007) is a Kenyan long distance runner and steeplechaser. He won the bronze medal at the 2025 World Championships in the 3000 metres steeplechase. [1]

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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] He subsequently won the World Athletics Rising Star of the Year Award. [16] [17]

Personal life

His older brother Amos Serem is also a steeplechaser and a former world U20 champion in the steeplechase. [18] [19]

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 (19 March 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 (22 July 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 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  16. ↑ "Finalists announced for 2025 Men's Rising Star Award". World Athletics. 10 November 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  17. ↑ "Sensational Serem Crowned World Athletics Rising Star Of The Year". Capitalfm.co.ke. 30 November 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  18. ↑ "Kenyan youngster Serem keen to follow in elder his brother's footsteps at championships". Nation.Africa. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  19. ↑ "Serem Brothers Amos And Edmund To Face Off At Africa Games". Dailysport.co.ke. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
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