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| Born | 18 January 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Middle-distance running, Cross country running | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kevin Kamenschak (born 18 January 2004) is an Austrian middle-distance and cross country runner. He was senior Austrian cross country champion in 2025 and a double medalist at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships. [1]
A member of ATSV Linz LA in Linz, [2] Kamenschak won the 1500 metres at the 2021 Austrian Indoor Athletics Championships. [3] He represented Austria at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, qualifying for the final of the 1500 metre, placing eighth overall. [4]
Kamenschak won the silver medals behind Niels Laros in the 1500m at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel. Later at the championships, he also won a bronze medal over 5000 metres. [5] Later that year, Kamenschak missed the Austrian 5km record by one second and finished in 25th place overall at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga, Latvia. [6]
Kamenschak won the 1500 metres title again at the 2024 Austrian Indoor Athletics Championships. [7] That year, Kamenschak was eighth in the men’s U23 race at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey. [8]
Ahead of the 2025 season, he left Linz to base himself in Vienna where he began to train with Olympic athlete Raphael Pallitsch. [9] In February 2025, he was runner-up to Pallitsch in the 1500 metres at the Austrian Indoor Championships. [10] He also placed third behind Pallitsch in the 3000 metres at the championships. [11]
In November 2025, Kamenschak won the senior men’s title at the Austrian Cross Country Championships. [8] He was subsequently selected for the 2025 European Cross Country Championships in Portugal. [12]
