Felix Chemonges
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Born | 10 October 1995 |
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Country | Uganda |
Sport | Long-distance running |
Felix Chemonges (born 10 October 1995)[1][2] is an Ugandan long-distance runner.
In 2018, he competed in the men's half marathon at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Valencia, Spain.[2] He finished in 26th place.[2] In November Felix made his marathon debut placing second in 2:11:57 at the Beirut Marathon.
In 2019, Chemonges was second at the Borealis Linz Donau Marathon in Austria in a time of 2:09:19.[citation needed] In his next marathon at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon Chemonges made a big improvement to his personal best placing 3rd in a Ugandan National Record time of 2:05:12.[citation needed]
In 2020, Chemonges competed in The 76th Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon where he finished 9th in 2:10:08.[citation needed]
In 2021, Chemonges competed at the NN Mission Marathon in Enschede, Netherlands, where he finished 8th in 2:09:59.[3] The race was won by Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge. Chemonges was selected to join compatriots Stephen Kiprotich and Fred Musobo on Uganda's men's marathon team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. [4]
References[]
- ^ "Felix Chemonges". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Men's Results" (PDF). 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ https://worldathletics.org/athletes/uganda/felix-chemonges-14732235
- ^ https://www.independent.co.ug/olympics-stephen-kiprotich-picked-for-uganda-marathon-team/
External links[]
- Felix Chemonges at Olympedia
- Felix Chemonges at World Athletics
- Living people
- 1995 births
- Ugandan male long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Uganda
- Olympic male marathon runners
- Ugandan male marathon runners
- Ugandan athletics biography stubs