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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Born | Wiseman Were Mukhobe 13 October 1997 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and Field |
| Event(s) | 400m hurdles, 400m |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | |
Medal record | |
Wiseman Were Mukhobe (born 13 October 1997) is a Kenyan athlete. He was a medalist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games as part of the Kenya team in the 4x400m relay, and finished fourth in the final of the 400m hurdles. [1]
Mukhobe finished fourth in the men’s 400m hurdles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [2] Mukhobe then won a bronze medal as part of the Kenyan 4 x 400m relay team which came third at the same Games. [3]
On 20 April 2024, he won the 400 metres hurdles at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi in a meeting record time of 48.57. [4] He ran as part of the Kanyan 4x400m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. [5]
He won ahead of Moitalel Naadokila in the 400m hurdles at the 2024 Kenyan Olympic Trials in June 2024. [6] He subsequently competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, in the 400 metres hurdles, reaching the semi-finals. [7] [8]
He ran a new personal best of 48.34 seconds to win the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi on 31 May 2025 and set a new meeting record. [9] He won the 400m hurdles title at the Kenyan Athletics Championships in June 2025. [10] Selected for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025, he was a semi-finalist in the men's 400 metres hurdles, running a personal best of 48.27 seconds in the preliminary round. [11] [12]
