Ronald Musagala

Ronald Musagala
Ronald Musagala (right), 2018
Full name	Ronald Musagala
nation	Uganda
birthday	16th December 1992 (age 27)
place of birth	Busulumba ,  Uganda
Career
discipline	1500 m
Best performance	3: 30.58 min
Trainer	Rafael Kasaja
status	active
Medal table
African Championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
African Championships bronze Asaba 2018 1500 m
last change: April 23, 2020

Ronald Musagala (born December 16, 1992 in Busulumba , Kaliro ) is a Ugandan athlete who specializes in middle-distance runs .

Early years

Ronald Musagala was born in the eastern Ugandan district of Kaliro, the second oldest of 12 children. Even during elementary school he developed a passion for running competitions. Among other things, he often measured himself against older training colleagues. At school he was a member of the school soccer team. After he applied for a runner scholarship in the city of Iganga , he was refused because he does not come from the typical running region of Uganda, and so he received one as a footballer instead. There he was able to convince in the running competitions and was then accepted at the King of Kings School, where he could concentrate fully on his athletics career.

Athletic career

Ronald Musagala first appeared in the national championships in 2011 and was able to win the bronze medal over 800 meters. Two years later he became the Ugandan champion in the 800 and 1500 meters. In the first-mentioned discipline he qualified for the World Championships in Moscow. There he moved into the semi-finals as the winner of his preliminary run, in which he was eliminated in fifth place, which in the sum of all the semi-finals meant 14th place. In June 2014 he set his best time over 800 meters of 1: 45.27 minutes. A month later he started at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. After the preliminary and semi-finals, he finished eighth over 800 meters. Two days later he ran in 3: 42.42 minutes over 1500 meters in the final in eleventh place. After the games ended, he was sponsored by the sporting goods manufacturer Nike . In 2015 he improved his 1500 meter best time by around two seconds and competed over the distance at the World Championships in Beijing in August . As tenth of his preliminary run, he missed making it to the semi-finals.

In 2016, after successfully qualifying, Musagala entered the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. After a successful run-up, he moved into the final as fifth in his semi-finals, in which he finished eleventh two days later in 3: 51.68 minutes. In March 2017 he took part in the Cross Country World Championships in his home country as part of the Ugandan mixed relay, with which he was disqualified. In August he failed at the World Championships in London, as eleventh of his semi-final run, to make it into the final. A year later he won the bronze medal over 1500 meters at the African Championships in Asaba. In spring 2019 he again took part in the mixed relay at the World Cross Country Championships , this time in Aarhus. After the disqualification in 2017, this time the relay reached the finish line in fifth place. In July 2019, Musagala set a new national record over the 1500 meters at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco in 3: 30.58 minutes, placing him in the top 50 of the fastest times ever run on this route. This made him one of the medal candidates for the upcoming World Championships in Doha. In October, however, he did not make it through the semi-finals and ended up in 16th place.

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	time
Starts for Uganda
2013	World championships	Moscow	14th	800 m	1: 45.87 min
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow	8th.	800 m	1: 47.19 min
			11.	1500 m	3: 42.42 min
2015	World championships	Beijing	22nd	1500 m	3: 42.12 min
2016	Olympic Summer Games	Rio de Janeiro	11.	1500 m	3: 51.68 min
2017	World championships	London	21st	1500 m	3: 42.01 min
2018	Commonwealth Games	Gold coast	14th	1500 m	3: 48.62 min
	African Championships	Asaba	3.	1500 m	3: 36.41 min
2019	World Cross Country Championships	Aarhus	5.	Mixed relay	27:35 min
	World championships	Doha	16.	1500 m	3: 37.19 min

Personal best

open air

• 800 m : 1: 45.27 min, June 8, 2014, Hengelo
• 1000 m : 2: 17.11 min, September 5, 2014, Brussels
• 1500 m : 3: 30.58, July 12, 2019, Monaco , (Ugandan record)
• 3000 m : 7: 44.78 min, June 13, 2018, Ostrava

Web links

• Ronald Musagala in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Musagala bows out with pride ( English ) August 11, 2013. Accessed April 23, 2020.
2. ↑ Steve Landells: Musagala no longer the unknown man of middle distance ( English ) September 25, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
3. ↑ Edgar Kazibwe: Four Ugandan Athletes Sign Kit and Endorsement Deals with Adidas, Nike . 23 October 2014.
4. ↑ Mike Rowbottom: Hassan breaks world mile record in Monaco with 4: 12.33 - IAAF Diamond League ( English ) July 12, 2019. Accessed April 23, 2020.
5. ↑ World best list over 1500 meters on iaaf.org