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Ugandan long-distance runner

Prisca Chesang
Personal information
NationalityUgandan
Born (2003-08-07) 7 August 2003 (age 21)
Sport
CountryUganda
SportAthletics
Event(s)Middle-, Long-distance running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Uganda
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Nairobi 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Cali 5000 m
World Cross Country Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bathurst Senior team

Prisca Chesang (born 7 August 2003) is a Ugandan middle- and long-distance runner. She won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2021 and 2022 World Athletics Under-20 Championships.

Career

Chesang represented Uganda at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, competing in the women's 5000 metres event.

She competed also in the 3000 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships, finishing fourth with a personal best time of 9:03.44.

The 19-year-old won the 2022 San Silvestre Vallecana road 10 km (not eligible for record purposes) in a time of 30:19, beating Francine Niyonsaba, fifth in the 10,000 m at the Tokyo Games, and Beatrice Chepkoech, world record holder in the 3000 m steeplechase.

Doping ban

In January 2024 Chesang received a two year competition ban after testing positive for furosemide in September 2023. The ban is set to run from 6 December 2023.

Achievements

Personal bests

Road

National titles

  • Ugandan Championships
    • 1500 metres: 2022
    • 5000 metres: 2022

References

  1. "Prisca Chesang". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 1 Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. Sapper, Svenja (31 December 2022). "Silvesterläufe international: Konstanze Klosterhalfen rennt an die Spitze der ewigen deutschen Bestenliste". leichtathletik.de (in German). Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  4. Dickinson, Marley (26 January 2024). "Ugandan middle-distance runner given two-year ban for masking agent". Canadian Running. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  5. "DECISION OF THE ATHLETICS INTEGRITY UNIT IN THE CASE OF MS PRISCA CHESANG" (PDF). Athletics Integrity Unit. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

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