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| Nationality | Ugandan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 May 2003 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 3000m steeplechase | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 5000m:14:02.26 (Kampala, 2021) 3000m steeplechase: 8:17.14 (Székesfehérvár, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leonard Chemutai (born 5 May 2003) is a Ugandan track and field athlete. [1]
Chemutai finished seventh in the Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. [2]
In August 2022, he finished fourth in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. [3]
Chemutai won the U20 classic mountain race at the Trail World Championships in 2022. [4] In 2023, he won the senior race at the championships. [5]
Selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, [6] he qualified for the final of the 3000m steeplechase, in which he finished twelfth. [7]
In June 2024, he won gold in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the African Championships in Douala, Cameroon. [8] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the 3000 metres steeplechase, placing 15th in the final. [9]
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African Champions in men's 3000 m steeplechase | |
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