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Full name | Emmaculate Anyango Achol | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | April 2, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Long distance running, Cross Country Running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 1500m: 4:24.91 (Nairobi, 2023) 3000m: 9:29.84 (Nairobi, 2019) 5000m: 15:22.80 (Nerja, 2023) 10000m: 30:06.43 (Eugene, 2024) 10km (road): 28.57 (Valencia, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Emmaculate Anyango Achol (born 2 April 2000) is a Kenyan cross country runner. [1]
From Kericho County, she has a brother and four sisters. She is a member of the Luo people. She attended school in the Rift Valley She moved to Iten to train in athletics and began to be coached by Ken Rotich. [2] [3]
She was U20 African Championships 3000m silver medallist in 2019 in Abidjan. [4] [5]
In January 2023, she won the Discovery Kenya Cross Country Championship. [6] She won the 10,000 metres at the Meeting Gala Fernanda Ribeiro in May 2023, in Portugal. [7] [8]
She ran 28.57 at the 2024 10K Valencia Ibercaja in January 2024, becoming the second woman ever to run a 10km event in less than 29 minutes. Her compatriot Agnes Jebet Ngetich became the first to do so in the same race, as she broke women’s 10km world record. [9] [10] In February 2024, she won the Sirikwa Cross Country Classic in Eldoret. [11] [12]
She was runner-up to Agnes Ngetich at the Kenyan cross country trials on 2 March 2024 and was selected for the 2024 World Cross Country Championships in Serbia, [13] where she finished fourth, winning team gold with Kenya. [14]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Emmaculate Anyango Achol | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | April 2, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Long distance running, Cross Country Running | ||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 1500m: 4:24.91 (Nairobi, 2023) 3000m: 9:29.84 (Nairobi, 2019) 5000m: 15:22.80 (Nerja, 2023) 10000m: 30:06.43 (Eugene, 2024) 10km (road): 28.57 (Valencia, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Emmaculate Anyango Achol (born 2 April 2000) is a Kenyan cross country runner. [1]
From Kericho County, she has a brother and four sisters. She is a member of the Luo people. She attended school in the Rift Valley She moved to Iten to train in athletics and began to be coached by Ken Rotich. [2] [3]
She was U20 African Championships 3000m silver medallist in 2019 in Abidjan. [4] [5]
In January 2023, she won the Discovery Kenya Cross Country Championship. [6] She won the 10,000 metres at the Meeting Gala Fernanda Ribeiro in May 2023, in Portugal. [7] [8]
She ran 28.57 at the 2024 10K Valencia Ibercaja in January 2024, becoming the second woman ever to run a 10km event in less than 29 minutes. Her compatriot Agnes Jebet Ngetich became the first to do so in the same race, as she broke women’s 10km world record. [9] [10] In February 2024, she won the Sirikwa Cross Country Classic in Eldoret. [11] [12]
She was runner-up to Agnes Ngetich at the Kenyan cross country trials on 2 March 2024 and was selected for the 2024 World Cross Country Championships in Serbia, [13] where she finished fourth, winning team gold with Kenya. [14]