Emmaculate Anyango
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| Full name | Emmaculate Anyango Achol | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Kenyan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 2, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Events | Long distance running, Cross Country Running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 1500m: 4:24.91 (Nairobi, 2023) 3000m: 9:29.84 (Nairobi, 2019) 5000m: 15:22.80 (Nerja, 2023) 10000m: 30:06.43 (Eugene, 2024) 10km (road): 28.57 (Valencia, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Emmaculate Anyango Achol (born 2 April 2000) is a Kenyan cross country runner.[1] She is currently serving a six year ban (from September 2024) for a doping violation.[2]
Early life
[edit]From Kericho County, she has a brother and four sisters. She is a member of the Luo people. She attended school in the Rift Valley but later moved to Iten to train in athletics and began to be coached by Ken Rotich.[3][4]
Career
[edit]She was U20 African Championships 3000m silver medallist in 2019 in Abidjan.[5][6]
In January 2023, she won the Discovery Kenya Cross Country Championship.[7] She won the 10,000 metres at the Meeting Gala Fernanda Ribeiro in May 2023, in Portugal.[8][9]
She ran 28.57 at the 2024 10K Valencia Ibercaja in January 2024, becoming the second woman ever to run a 10 km event in less than 29 minutes. Her compatriot Agnes Jebet Ngetich became the first to do so in the same race, as she broke women’s 10 km world record.[10][11] In February 2024, she won the Sirikwa Cross Country Classic in Eldoret.[12][13]
She was runner-up to Agnes Ngetich at the Kenyan cross country trials on 2 March 2024 and was selected for the 2024 World Cross Country Championships in Serbia,[14] where she finished fourth, winning team gold with Kenya.[15]
In 2024, she had second-place finishes at the BAA 5 km in Boston and the TCS World 10 km Road Race in Bengaluru, India. She placed sixth in the Kenyan Olympic 10,000m trials at the Prefontaine Classic, where she ran a personal best of 30:06.43.
Doping violation
[edit]Anyango is currently serving a six year competition band due to end in September 2030 in relation to an anti-doping rule violation for the presence and use of testosterone and EPO.[16][17] The increase of the ban from the standard four years to six years was due to "aggravating circumstances" relating to multiple failed tests.[18] All of her results from 3 February 2024 were disqualified.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Emmaculate Anyango". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ "Decision of the Athletics Integrity Unit" (PDF). Athletics Integrity Unit. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ↑ Lagat, Justin (20 March 2024). "Anyango's time to shine as she targets Belgrade and Paris". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ Watta, Evelyn (28 March 2024). "Kenya's new athletics gem Emmaculate Anyango on beating stereotypes: 'Talent is universal'". Olympics.com. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ "'I am their father' – young Anyango shares family responsibility as she aims for Olympic Games glory". pd.co.ke. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ Rotich, Bernard (March 19, 2024). "Emmaculate Anyango: The unlikely distance running champion targeting a global title". Nation.Africa. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ "Newly crowned Discovery champion Anyango credits coach for incredible win". Athletics.Kenya.or.ke. January 30, 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ "Meeting Gala Fernanda Ribeiro". World Afhletics. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ Kipkorir, Tony (7 February 2024). "Olympic Games hopeful Emmaculate Anyango names her role model". Sportpesanews. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ Kipkorir, Tony (6 February 2024). "Kenya's highly-rated Emmaculate Anyango introduces man behind her successful career". Sportpesanews. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ Rutto, Stephen (March 28, 2024). "Kenya hoping to defend World Cross Country title in Belgrade". tnx.africa. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ Mwambodze, Mkalla (February 6, 2024). "High-Flying Anyango Sets Sights On A Podium Finish In Paris, Belgrade". Citizen.digital. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ "Ebenyo and Anyango claim top honours at Sirikwa Classic". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ↑ Henderson, Jason (March 27, 2024). "Who, what and when guide: World Cross Country Champs". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ↑ Henderson, Jason (March 30, 2024). "Chebet reigns supreme as GB captain Donnelly leads by example". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ↑ Francis, Anne (22 November 2024). "Kenyan distance star gets six-year doping ban". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ↑ Mohammed, Rama (December 2024). "Kenya's Emmaculate Anyango banned for six years over doping". The Eastleigh Voice.
- ↑ Kelsell, Christopher (23 November 2024). "Second-fastest woman over 10km, Emmaculate Anyango Achol, suspended six years for doping". Athletics Illustrated.
External links
[edit]- Emmaculate Anyango at World Athletics
- Emmaculate Anyango at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- Emmaculate Anyango at Athletics Podium
- Emmaculate Anyango at InterSportStats
