Samuel Simba Cherop
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| Born | 3 July 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Long distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samuel Simba Cherop (born 3 July 2006) is an Ugandan long-distance runner. He won the 10,000 metres at the 2025 African U20 Championships.[1]
Career
From Kapchorwa,[2] Cherop placed fifth overall in the final of the 5000 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, in August 2024.[3]
In May 2025, Cherop won a 5km road race in Lausanne, Switzerland, setting a new course record of 13:29 at the age of 18 years-old.[4] In June 2025, Cherop won the gold medal over 10,000 metres at the 2025 African U20 Championships in Nigeria.[5][6][7]
Cherop was a double medalist at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, winning the silver medal over 10,000 metres and the bronze medal over 5000 metres, whilst still a teenager.[8][2] He placed fourth in the Gold meeting on the World Athletics Cross Country Tour at the C.I.C. Alcobendas-Comunidad de Madrid in Spain, on 30 November 2025.[9][10]
References
- ^ "Samuel Simba Cherop". World Athletics. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Samuel Simba Cherop: 18-year-old wins second medal at 6th Islamic Solidarity Games". Kawowo.com. 21 November 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
- ^ Schlosser, Pierre-Alain (3 May 2025). "An 18-year-old breaks the 5km record". 24heures.ch. Retrieved 6 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Team Uganda Shines at African U18 and U20 Athletics Championships with Nine Medals". ugandaradionetwork.net. 21 Jul 2025. Retrieved 6 Jan 2026.
- ^ "RESULTS: AFRICAN U18 AND U20 ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". backtrack.co.za. 16 Jul 2025. Retrieved 6 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Uganda shines at African U18/U20 Athletics Championships with nine medals". Uganda Observer. July 21, 2025. Retrieved 6 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Cherop, Chebet Clinch Silver and Bronze at Islamic Solidarity Games". Softpower.ug. 19 Nov 2025. Retrieved 6 Jan 2026.
- ^ "C.I.C. Alcobendas-Comunidad de Madrid". World Athletics. 30 Nov 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ "Shimket and Kwizera triumph in Alcobendas". World Athletics. 30 Nov 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
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