Felix Chemonges

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Felix Chemonges
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Full nameFilex Malewa Chemongesi
Born (1995-10-10) 10 October 1995 (age 30)
Sport
Country Uganda
Sport Long-distance running

Felix Chemonges (born 10 October 1995) [1] [2] is an Ugandan long-distance runner.

In 2018, he competed in the men's half marathon at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Valencia, Spain. [2] He finished in 26th place. [2] In November Felix made his marathon debut placing second in 2:11:57 at the Beirut Marathon.

In 2019, Chemonges was second at the Borealis Linz Donau Marathon in Austria in a time of 2:09:19.[ citation needed ] In his next marathon at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon Chemonges made a big improvement to his personal best placing 3rd in a Ugandan National Record time of 2:05:12.[ citation needed ]

In 2020, Chemonges competed in The 76th Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon where he finished 9th in 2:10:08.[ citation needed ]

In 2021, Chemonges competed at the NN Mission Marathon in Enschede, Netherlands, where he finished 8th in 2:09:59. [3] The race was won by Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge. Chemonges was selected to join compatriots Stephen Kiprotich and Fred Musobo on Uganda's men's marathon team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Felix Chemonges". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Men's Results" (PDF). 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Filex CHEMONGES | Profile | World Athletics".
  4. ↑ "OLYMPICS: Kiprotich picked for Uganda marathon team". 3 May 2021.
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