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| Full name | Rodgers Kwemoi Chumo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 March 1997 Mount Elgon District, Kenya[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 49 kg (108 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Kenya | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Rodgers Kwemoi Chumo (born 3 March 1997) is a Kenyan long-distance runner specialising in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. He is the 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist at the longer distance.
Born in Kenya's Mount Elgon District,[1] he made his international debut in the junior race at the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where his tenth-place finish helped the Kenyan men to the team title.[2] As a result of this, he was signed up by the Asian Kogyo corporate team in Japan.[3] In the 2016 season he won at the Kenyan junior trials and went on to claim the 10,000 m gold medal at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in championship record time.[4][5]
Kwemoi won back-to-back titles at the Tilburg Ten Miles in 2016 and 2017, but failed to make the national team in the latter season.[6] He topped the national trials race for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, however, which led to the 10,000 m bronze medal at the event in Gold Coast, Queensland.[7]
In 2019, he placed fourth in 10,000m final at the World Championships in Doha.
Kwemoi qualified to represent Kenya at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where he placed seventh in the 10,000 m.[8]
In August 2023, Kwemoi was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit for a "Prohibited Substance/Method" violation.[9]
