Mercyline Chelangat 
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Uganda Uganda
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birthday
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17th December 1997 (age 22)
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place of birth
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Kokwo , Uganda
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discipline
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Long distance running
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last change: January 18, 2019
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Mercyline Chelangat (born December 17, 1997 in Kokwo ) is a Ugandan long-distance runner .
Athletic career
Mercyline Chelangat gained her first international experience at the 2015 World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang , where she took 26th place in the junior class. The following year she was fourth in the 5000 meter run at the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz in 15: 34.09 min . At the 2017 Cross Country World Championships in Kampala , she was 12th overall and qualified for the World Championships in London . There she retired over 5000 meters with 15: 16.75 minutes in the first lap , while she finished 13th in the 10,000 meter run in 31: 40.48 minutes . In the following year she took part in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast for the first time and won the bronze medal over 10,000 meters in 31: 48.31 minutes behind her compatriot Stella Chesang and Stacey Chepkemboi Ndiwa from Kenya. In addition, she was eleventh in the 5000 meter competition in 15: 50.01 min.
In 2013 Chelangat was Ugandan champion in obstacle course and in 2017 over 5000 meters.
Personal bests
- 3000 meters: 9: 09.28 min, May 20, 2018 in Osaka
- 5000 meters: 15: 09.45 min, May 13, 2017 in Shanghai
- 10,000 meters: 31: 38.4 min, March 3, 2018 in Kampala
- 3000 m obstacle: 10:15 min, July 18, 2015 in Kampala
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