Joshua Cheptegei
Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei is a Ugandan long-distance runner. He is the 2019 world champion in the 10,000 m. In 2018, he set a world record for the 15 km road race. He was the5000 metres and10,000 metres champion at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
About Joshua Cheptegei in brief
Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei is a Ugandan long-distance runner. He is the 2019 world champion in the 10,000 m. In 2018, he set a world record for the 15 km road race and became the cross country world champion. In 2020, at a road race in Monaco, he sets a new world road 5 km record of 12: 51. He also set a new 5000 metres world record of 12: 35. 36, breaking Kenenisa Bekele’s 16-year-old world record. He ran at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 5000 metres and 10,.000 metres, finishing eighth and sixth respectively.
He was the5000 metres and10,000 metres champion at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He won the senior men’s race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, in 31: 40 on the 10. 24 km course. He studied languages and literature in Kampala for two years and is employed by the Uganda National Police. His coach is Addy Ruiter.
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