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Personal information | |
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National team | Kenyan |
Born | December 27, 2007 |
Sport | |
Country | Kenya |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 3000 metres steeplechase |
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Edmund Serem (born 27 December 2007) is a Kenyan long distance runner and steeplechaser. [1]
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]
His older brother Amos Serem is also world U20 champion in the steeplechase. [15] [16]
He ran a personal best 8:08.50 to finish fourth at the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025. [17]