Oscar Chelimo
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| Born | 12 December 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Uganda | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||
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Oscar Chelimo (born 12 December 2001)[1] is a Ugandan long-distance runner.
Career
In 2018, he finished in 7th place in the men's 5000 metres event at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships held in Tampere, Finland.[2] In 2018, he also competed in the boys' 3000 metres at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina and he won the bronze medal.
In 2019, he represented Uganda at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.[3] He competed in the men's 5000 metres and he finished in 5th place.[3] In that same year, he also competed in the men's 5000 metres event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar though[4] he did not qualify to compete in the final.[4]
In 2020, he won the men's race of the BOclassic held in Bolzano, Italy.
Achievements
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| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Uganda
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| 2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 5th | 5000 m | 13:32.96 |
References
- ^ "Oscar Chelimo". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Men's 5000 metres" (PDF). 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Athletics – Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Men's 5000 metres" (PDF). 2019 World Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
External links
- Oscar Chelimo at World Athletics
- Oscar Chelimo at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Oscar Chelimo at ARRS
- Oscar Chelimo at Olympedia
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- Ugandan male long-distance runners
- Ugandan male cross country runners
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Uganda
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
- African Games competitors for Uganda
- Ugandan athletics biography stubs