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| Born | 3 September 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 2:01.79 (Kampala, 2025) 1500m: 4:08.09 (Douala, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Knight Aciru (born 3 September 1998) is a Ugandan middle-distance and cross country runner. [1]
Whilst a third-year accounting student at Ndejje University in Uganda, she was a silver medalist in the 800 metres at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games held in Chengdu in August 2023 with a time of 2:04.34. In doing so, she became just the third Ugandan women to win a medal at the Games. [2] [3] [4]
She placed fifth in the mixed relay with the Ugandan team at the 2024 World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade. [5] [6]
She places sixth in the final of the 1500 metres at the delayed 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana in March 2024. [7] She qualified for the final and placed fourth overall in the 1500 metres at the 2024 African Championships in Douala, Cameroon, running 4:15.39 in her heat and 4:08.09 in the final. [8] [9]
She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan having qualified for a place via her world ranking with a season's best time of 4:09.69. [10] [11]
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