Juliet Chekwel

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Juliet Chekwel
Juliet Chekwel Rio2016.jpg
Chekwel at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1990-05-25) 25 May 1990 (age 33)
Kapchorwa, Uganda [1]
Education Makerere University [2]
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s)5000 m, 10,000 m, steeplechase
Coached byGiuseppe Giambrone
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5000 m – 15:20.15 (2016)
10,000 m – 31:37.99 (2016)
3000 mS – 9:48.01 (2015)
Marathon – 2:23:13 (2020) NR [3]

Juliet Chekwel (born 25 May 1990) is a Ugandan long-distance runner. [3] She competed in the 10,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing placing 17th in a new national record of 32:20.95. She competed in the 5000 m and 10,000 m events at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [4]

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In 2019, she competed in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark. [5] She finished in 13th place. [5] In 2020, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland. [6]

In June 2021, she qualified to represent Uganda at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [7]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
2010 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 13th (h)1500 m 4:25.50
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 16th10,000 m 32:57.02
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 17th10,000 m 32:20.95
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 17th (h)5000 m 15:29.07
10,000m DNF
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 4th5000 m 15:30.17
7th10,000 m 31:57.97
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 20th10,000 m 33:28.18
2021 Olympic Games Sapporo, Japan 69thMarathon 2:53:40

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References

  1. "2018 CWG bio" . Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. Juliet Chekwel. nbcolympics.com
  3. 1 2 Juliet Chekwel at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. Juliet Chekwel Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine . rio2016.com
  5. 1 2 "Senior women's race" (PDF). 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  6. "Women's Half Marathon" (PDF). 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  7. Isabirye, David (23 February 2020). "Uganda's Juliet Chekwel wins 2020 Zurich Marathon, sets new national record to qualify for Tokyo Olympics". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 20 June 2021.