# Aaron Cheminingwa
> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aaron_Cheminingwa
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aaron_Cheminingwa.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Cheminingwa
> Source revision: 1352803227
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
{{Short description|Kenyan athlete (born 1998)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Aaron Cheminingwa
| birth_name = Aaron Kemei Cheminingwa
| image = Cheminingwa Aron 1 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Cheminingwa in 2024
| nationality = Kenya
| sport = [Athletics](/source/Track_and_Field)
| event =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|6|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height =
| weight =
| pb = '''400m:''' 48.14 (Nairobi, 2023)
'''800m:''' 1:42.08 (Paris, 2024)
| show-medals= yes
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalCountry | {{KEN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[2023 African Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2023_African_Games)}}
{{Medal|Gold|[2023 Accra](/source/Athletics_at_the_2023_African_Games)|[800 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2023_African_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_800_metres)}}
}}
'''Aaron Kemei Cheminingwa''' (born 21 June 1998) is a Kenyan middle distance runner. He won the gold medal at the [2023 African Games](/source/2023_African_Games) in the [800 metres](/source/800_metres).[{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/aaron-kemei-14984570|title=Aron Cheminingwa|website=World Athletics|accessdate=20 March 2024}}]
==Career==
In the 2020s, he began to be coached by Alex Sang, whose other athletes include Kenyan [800 metres](/source/800_metres) world champion [Mary Moraa](/source/Mary_Moraa).[{{cite web|url=https://www.pulsesports.co.ke/athletics/story/mary-moraa-beatrice-chepkoech-aaron-cheminingwa-bag-kenyas-second-third-and-fourth-gold-medals-at-african-games-2024032017345501214|first=Mark|last=Kinyanjui|date=20 March 2024|accessdate=20 March 2024|title= Mary Moraa, Beatrice Chepkoech, Aaron Cheminingwa bag Kenya's second, third & fourth gold medals at African Games |website=Pulse Sports}}][{{cite web|url=https://www.michezoafrika.com/news/kenya-shines-with-four-golds-in-accra/29779|title= Kenya Shines with Four Golds in Accra|website=MICHEZOAFRIKA |date=March 21, 2024|accessdate=20 March 2024}}] It was his debut run in a Kenyan vest, and he became the first Kenyan to win that distance at the games since [Japheth Kimutai](/source/Japheth_Kimutai) in 1999.[{{cite web|website=Nation.Africa|url= https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/athletics/new-star-born-as-cheminingwa-claims-african-games-800m-title-4564804|title= New star born as Cheminingwa claims African Games 800m title|accessdate=20 April 2024|date=
March 21, 2024}}]
On 20 April 2024, he finished as runner-up in the 800 metres at the [Kip Keino Classic](/source/Kip_Keino_Classic) in Kenya, only finishing behind a world-leading run by [Emmanuel Wanyonyi](/source/Emmanuel_Wanyonyi).[{{cite web|url= https://olympics.com/en/news/kip-keino-classic-2024-bednarek-wins-100m-world-lead-katzberg-moraa-lindsey|website=Olympics.com|accessdate=21 April 2024|date=20 April 2024|title= KIP KEINO CLASSIC 2024: KENNY BEDNAREK WINS 100M AS KATZBERG, MORAA, LINDSEY AND NDORI SET WORLD LEADS|first= Rory |last=Jiwani}}] In doing so, Cheminingwa lowered his personal best to 1:44:10.[{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7201053?eventId=10229501|website=World Athletics|accessdate=21 April 2024|title= Kip Keino Classic - Men’s 800 metres|date=20 April 2024}}][{{cite web|url= https://www.athletics.co.ke/index.php/2024/04/20/kenyas-daniel-wanyonyi-posts-800m-world-leading-time/|website=Athletics.co.ke|accessdate=21 April 2024|title= ATHLETICSKenya’s Daniel Wanyonyi Posts 800m World Leading Time|first=John|last=Vaselyne|date=April 20, 2024}}] He ran a personal best time of 1:43.55 on May 23, 2024 in Asti, Italy.[{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7205793?eventId=10229501|title=Grifone Meeting, Campo di Atletica, Asti (ITA)|accessdate=24 May 2024}}] He lowered his personal best again at the [2024 Meeting de Paris](/source/2024_Meeting_de_Paris) in July 2024, running 1:42.08.[{{cite web|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=8 July 2024|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/world-records-for-yaroslava-mahuchikh-and-faith-kipyegon-in-paris-1039989277/|title= World records for Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Faith Kipyegon in Paris|first=Jason |last=Henderson |date= July 7, 2024}}] On 12 July 2024, he ran 1:42.22 at the [2024 Herculis](/source/2024_Herculis) Diamond League event in [Monaco](/source/Monaco).[{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/news/report/monaco-herculis-2024-world-record-hull-report|website=World Athletics|accessdate=13 July 2024|title= Hull breaks world 2000m record with 5:19.70 in Monaco|date=12 July 2024}}]
He finished eighth over 800 metres in May 2025 at the [2025 Doha Diamond League](/source/2025_Doha_Diamond_League).[{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6640/results-doha-diamond-league-2025|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=19 May 2025|title= Results - Doha Diamond League 2025|date=16 May 2025}}]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{African Games champions in men's 800 metres}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheminingwa, Aaron}}
Category:1998 births
Category:Living people
Category:Kenyan men middle-distance runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games
Category:African Games gold medalists for Kenya
Category:African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:African Games athletes for Kenya
Category:21st-century Kenyan sportsmen
Category:Medalists at the 2023 African Games
---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Aaron Cheminingwa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Cheminingwa) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Cheminingwa?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.