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Ugandan long-distance runner

Oscar Chelimo

Personal information

Nationality

Ugandan

Born

(2001-12-12) 12 December 2001 (age 23)

Sport

Country

Uganda

Sport

Athletics

Event

Long-distance running

Medal record

Men's athletics

Representing Uganda
World Championships
	2022 Eugene	5000 m
Youth Olympic Games
	2018 Buenos Aires	3000 m
African Youth Games
	2018 Algiers	3000 m
World Cross Country Championships
	2019 Aarhus	U20 team
	2019 Aarhus	U20 race

Oscar Chelimo (born 12 December 2001) is a Ugandan long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal for the 5000 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.

His older brother, Jacob Kiplimo is also an elite long-distance runner.

Career

In 2018, Oscar Chelimo finished in seventh place in the men's 5000 metres event at the World U20 Championships held in Tampere, Finland. He also competed in the boys' 3000 metres at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina and won the bronze medal.

He represented Uganda at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco, running in the men's 5000 m event to finish in fifth place. That same year, he also competed in the men's 5000 m event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar, though he did not qualify to compete in the final.

In 2020, he won the men's 5 kilometres road race at the BOclassic held in Bolzano, Italy.

On 12 May 2021, Chelimo raced the 5000 m in Bergamo, Italy, finishing third in 13:06.79, an Olympic qualifying time. Next he raced at the 60th Ostrava Golden Spike in the 3000 m, where he placed third in 7:43.00. He finished 16th in the 5000 m at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in August.

Chelimo won the bronze medal for the 5000 m at the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon in July, and took his second victory at the BOclassic on the New Year's Eve that year (10 km).

In April 2023 Chelimo signed a contract with On Running.

Achievements

International competitions

Representing Uganda
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result
2017	World U18 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	5th	3000 m	8:17.57
2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	7th	5000 m	14:00.68
	African Youth Games	Algiers, Algeria	2nd	3000 m	8:00.72
	Youth Olympic Games	Buenos Aires, Argentina	3rd	3000 m	4 pts
2019	World Cross Country Championships	Aarhus, Denmark	3rd	U20 race	23:55
	World Cross Country Championships	Aarhus, Denmark	2nd	U20 team	32 pts
	African U20 Championships	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	6th	5000 m	13:54.88
	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	5th	5000 m	13:32.96
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	28th (h)	5000 m	13:42.94
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	16th	5000 m	13:44.45
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	3rd	5000 m	13:10.20
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th (h)	5000 m	13:33.40
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	20th	5000 m	13:31.56

Did not finish in the final

Personal bests

1500 metres – 3:47.48 (Milan 2019)
3000 metres – 7:43.00 (Ostrava 2021)
5000 metres – 13:00.42 (Brussels 2022)

Road

5 kilometres – 13:17 (Bolzano 2020)
10 kilometres – 28:06 (Arezzo 2021)

References

^ "Oscar Chelimo". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
Sampaolo, Diego (2021-03-19). "Kiplimo set to star at Campaccio cross country". World Athletics. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
"Men's 5000 metres" (PDF). 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
Sampaolo, Diego (2022-12-31). "Chelimo and Seyaum end year with wins in Bolzano". World Athletics. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
"Our Athletes Oscar Chelimo". On. Retrieved April 24, 2023.

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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