Rodgers Kwemoi

Rodgers Kwemoi
Full name	Rodgers Kwemoi Chumo
nation	Kenya
birthday	3rd March 1997 (age 23)
place of birth	Mount Elgon District , Kenya
size	162 cm
Weight	49 kg
Career
discipline	Long distance running
status	active
Medal table
Commonwealth Games 0 × 0 × 1 × Cross Country World Championship 1 × 1 × 0 × U20 world championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Commonwealth Games bronze Gold Coast 2018 10,000 m  World Cross Country Championships gold Guiyang 2015 Juniors team silver Aarhus 2019 Men team  Junior World Championships gold Bydgoszcz 2016 10,000 m
last change: March 30, 2019

Rodgers Kwemoi Chumo (born March 3, 1997 in Mount Elgon District ) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000-meter distance .

Athletic career

Rodgers Kwemoi Chumo gained his first experience at international championships at the 2015 World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang , where he finished 10th in the U20 classification and won the gold medal with the team. In 2016 he won the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz in a new championship record of 27: 25.23 min over 10,000 meters. In 2018 he took part in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast , where he surprisingly won the bronze medal in 27: 28.66 minutes. In 2019 he finished 21st at the World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus in 33:11 min and secured the silver medal in the team standings with the Kenyan team.

Personal bests

• 5000 meters: 13: 18.98 min, April 2, 2016 in Kumamoto
• 10,000 meters: 27: 25.23 min, July 19, 2016 in Bydgoszcz

Web links

• Rodgers Kwemoi in the database of World Athletics (English)