Stephen Kissa (born 1 December 1995) is a

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n long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. He finished 52nd at the 2017 World Cross Country Championships and competed at the 2017 World Championships 5000 metres without reaching the final. The next year he finished 8th in the 5000 metres at the 2018 African Championships. His personal best time is 13:10.93 minutes, achieved in July 2018 at Athletissima in

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. He has 7:54.32 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in July 2018 in Rabat. He won his last race of 2018 at the 15 kilometres road race Montferland Run in the Netherlands. He competed in the

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at the

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. In the race, he created a huge lead ahead of the pack early on and later dropped out with nine laps remaining. Kissa later explained that he was attempting to create a fast-paced race in hopes of helping teammates

Joshua Cheptegei Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei (born 12 September 1996) is a Ugandan long-distance runner. He is the reigning Olympic champion in the 5000 metres and silver medalist for the 10,000 metres, a two-time 10,000 m World champion from 2019 and 2022, Wor ...

and

Jacob Kiplimo Jacob Kiplimo (born 14 November 2000) is a Ugandan long-distance runner. He is 2020 Tokyo Olympic 10,000 metres bronze medallist and also won bronze in the event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Kiplimo earned gold medals in the 5000 m ...

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1995 births Living people Ugandan male long-distance runners Ugandan male cross country runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games African Games competitors for Uganda Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Uganda 20th-century Ugandan people 21st-century Ugandan people Place of birth missing (living people) {{longdistance-athletics-bio-stub