Thomas Ayeko

Thomas Ayeko
nation	Uganda
birthday	10th February 1992 (age 28)
place of birth	Kapkorosoi , Uganda
Career
discipline	Long distance running
Trainer	Addy Ruiter
status	active
Medal table
Cross Country World Championship 1 × 1 × 2 × Cross Country AM 2 × 0 × 0 ×
World Cross Country Championships bronze Bydgoszcz 2010 U20 team silver Punta Umbría 2011 U20 singles bronze Punta Umbría 2011 U20 team gold Aarhus 2019 Men team African cross-country championships bronze Ech Cheliff 2018 singles
last change: March 30, 2019

Thomas Ayeko (born February 10, 1992 in Kapkorosoi , Bukwo District ) is a Ugandan long-distance runner .

Athletic career

Thomas Ayeko gained his first international experience at the 2010 Cross Country World Championships in Bydgoszcz , where he took 18th place in the junior ranking and won the bronze medal with the team. A year later he won the silver medal and again the bronze medal in the team classification at the World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbría . At the Junior African Championships 2011 in Gaborone he won the bronze medals over 5000 and 10,000 meters. In 2012 Ayeko qualified over 10,000 meters for the Olympic Games in London and took 16th place in the final in 27: 58.96 minutes.

In 2013 he took part in the World Championships in Moscow and finished eleventh over 10,000 meters. In 2014 he took part in the African Championships in Marrakech , where he finished seventh over 5000 meters and tenth over 10,000 meters. At the Commonwealth Games 2018 in the Australian Gold Coast , he competed over 5000 meters and finished fourth in 13: 54.78 minutes. Before that he won the bronze medal in the individual ranking at the African Cross Country Championships in Ech Cheliff . The IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 2019 the 27-year-old in March occupied in Aarhus in seventh place and was world champion in the team standings.

In 2014 Ayeko became the Ugandan champion over 10,000 meters.

Personal bests

• 5000 meters: 13: 26.09 min, June 8, 2012 in Turin
• 10,000 meters: 27: 40.96 min, August 10, 2013 in Moscow
• 10 km road race: 28:02 min, April 17, 2011 in Würzburg
• Marathon: 2:12:03 h, September 17, 2017 in Cape Town

Web links

• Thomas Ayeko in the database of World Athletics (English)