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Eugene Omalla (born 5 October 2000) is a Ugandan-Dutch sprinter, who specializes in the
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. He holds the African indoor record over
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. From April 2024, he has represented the
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. He won a gold medal at the
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in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.


Early life

He has a twin brother, Jaime Omalla, who also competes in athletics. They have an Ugandan father called Timothy Omalla and a Dutch mother Wilma Omalla . They were born in
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and lived in the Netherlands until they were seven years-old when they moved to Uganda. They both study at the
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in the United States. From 2024, they both run under the Netherlands flag, having both previously represented Uganda.


Career

He ran an outdoors personal best of 46.06 seconds for the
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in May 2023. He ran 45.18 seconds indoors to set a new African continental record for the 400 metres at the Sports Performance Center in
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. He qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in
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, to run in the 400 metres and the
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, in a team that included his twin brother. He ran a time of 46.37 seconds in the individual event. They finished third in the relay final to win the bronze medal alongside Tavon Underwood and Kyle Gayle. He ran for the Netherlands for the first time at the 2024 World Relays Championships in
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. He competed in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the
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, winning gold with the Dutch team. He was selected for the
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in
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where he won the gold medal with the Dutch team in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay. On 22 April 2025, he was named in the Dutch team for the
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in
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, China in May 2025. He competed at the
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in China in the Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025.


Personal bests

Information from his
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Competition results

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Omalla, Eugene 2000 births Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Dutch expatriate sportspeople in the United States Dutch male sprinters Dutch people of Ugandan descent Kansas State Wildcats men's track and field athletes Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau Living people Olympic athletes for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Zoetermeer Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in the United States Ugandan male sprinters Ugandan people of Dutch descent Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Dutch sportsmen European Athletics Indoor Championships winners