Kenyan long-distance runner
Catherine Amanang'ole
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Birth name | Catherine Reline Amanang'ole |
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Nationality | Kenya |
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Born | (2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 (age 22) |
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Sport | Athletics |
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Personal best(s) | 5000m: 16:18.01 (Nairobi, 2018) 10,000m: 30:07.42 (Eugene, 2024) Half marathon: 1:05:39 (Barcelona, 2023) |
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Catherine Reline Amanang'ole (born 5 October 2002) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She won a bronze medal in the half marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga.[1]
Career
Amangang'ole finished fourth at the South American Half Marathon Championships in Buenos Aires on 21 August, 2022.[2] In December 2022, she won the Saint Silvester Road Race in São Paulo, Brazil, in a time of 49:39.[3][4]
On 1 October 2023 she completed a Kenyan 1-2-3 at the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga, Latvia by finishing third in the half marathon in a time of 1:07:34, behind compatriots Peres Jepchirchir and Margaret Kipkemboi.[5] In December 2023, she won the Saint Silvester Road Race in São Paulo, Brazil once again in a time of 49:54.[6]
In September 2024, she finished third at the Copenhagen half marathon in 1:06:09.[7]
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