Andrew Kiptoo Alamisi (born 28 August 2007) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. In 2024, he became world U20 champion over

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Career

He won silver over both 1500 metres and 3000 metres at the

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in August 2023. He trains in

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, Kenya, where he is coached by Erick Kogo. On 27 August 2024, he won gold at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the men's 5000 metres in

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, Peru. He ran a personal best to finish in the runner-up spot in 13:03.30 over 5000 metres at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in

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on 24 May 2025, finishing behind compatriot Denis Kipkoech but ahead of Ethiopia’s Biniam Mehary. He ran in Stockholm at the

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event, part of the

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, in June 2025, finishing eleventh over 5000 metres.

Personal life

He was a student at St. Peter’s Keberesi Secondary School,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alamisi, Andrew 2007 births Kenyan male long-distance runners World Athletics U20 Championships winners Living people 21st-century Kenyan sportsmen