{{Short description|Kenyan athlete (born 2007)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Andrew Alamisi | birth_name = Andrew Kiptoo Alamisi | image = | caption = | nationality = Kenyan | sport = Athletics | event = Long distance running | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2007|8|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = {{ubl |'''3000 m:''' 7:36.24 (Budapest, 2025) |'''5000 m:''' 13:03.30 (Zagreb, 2025) }} | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{KEN}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World U20 Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2024 Lima|5000m}} {{Medal|Competition|Commonwealth Youth Games}} {{Medal|Silver|2023 Port of Spain|1500 m}} {{Medal|Silver|2023 Port of Spain|3000 m}} {{Medal|Competition|World Cross Country Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2026 Tallahassee|U20 team}} {{Medal|Bronze|2026 Tallahassee|U20 race}} }} '''Andrew Kiptoo Alamisi''' (born 28 August 2007) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. In 2024, he became world U20 champion over 5000 metres.<ref>{{cite web|title= Andrew Alamisi|accessdate=28 August 2024|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/andrew-kiptoo-alamisi-15107003}}</ref>
==Career== He won silver over both 1500 metres and 3000 metres at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago in August 2023.<ref>{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7147610?eventId=10229607|accessdate=28 August 2024|title=Commonwealth Youth Games|date=10 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1139751/cyg-2023-day-6-athletics|website=Inside the Games|accessdate=28 August 2024|title= Thrilling final athletics session concludes with close mixed relays at Trinbago 2023|first= Patrick|last= Burke |date=10 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7147610?eventId=10229502&gender=M |accessdate=28 August 2024|title=Commonwealth Youth Games|date=7 August 2023}}</ref>
He trains in Iten in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya, where he is coached by Erick Kogo.<ref>{{cite web|title= Alamisi wins Kenya's first gold in World U-20 Championships|date=August 28, 2024|website=Nation.Africa|url= https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/athletics/alamisi-wins-kenya-s-first-gold-in-world-u-20-championships-4741480|access-date=28 August 2024}}</ref> On 27 August 2024, he won gold at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the men's 5000 metres in Lima, Peru.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships/lima24/news/report/day-one-afternoon-lima-24-eisa-alamisi-van-daalen-australia|website=World Athletics|accessdate=28 August 2024|title= Eisa runs championship record to retain world U20 5000m title in Lima|date=28 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.pulsesports.co.ke/athletics/story/andrew-alamisi-wins-mens-5000m-gold-for-kenya-at-2024-world-u20-championships-2024082803535625818|website=pulsesports|accessdate=28 August 2024|title= Andrew Alamisi wins men's 5,000m gold for Kenya at 2024 World U20 Championships|first=Festus|last=Chuma|date=28 August 2024}}</ref>
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 Zagreb on 24 May 2025, finishing behind compatriot Denis Kipkoech but ahead of Ethiopia's Biniam Mehary.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/boris-hanzekovic-memorial-zagreb-ceh-alfred-walaza-tsegay|website=World Athletics|accessdate=28 May 2025|title= Ceh dominates discus as meeting records fall in Zagreb|date=24 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.athletics.co.ke/denis-kipkoech-stuns-andrew-alamisi-and-biniam-mehary-in-zagreb/?amp=1|website=Athletics.co.ke|accessdate=28 May 2025|title= Denis Kipkoech stuns Andrew Alamisi and Biniam Mehary in Zagreb|date=25 May 2025|first=John|last=Vaselyne}}</ref> He ran in Stockholm at the 2025 BAUHAUS-galan event, part of the 2025 Diamond League, in June 2025, finishing eleventh over 5000 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6738/results-stockholm-diamond-league-bauhaus-galan-2025|title= Results - Stockholm Diamond League Bauhaus Galan 2025 |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=16 June 2025|date=15 June 2025}}</ref>
Alamisi was runner-up to Rodrigue Kwizera at the Cross Internacional de Itálica in Spain, in November 2025, a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold race.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/news/report/seville-cross-internacional-de-italica-yavi-kwizera |website=World Athletics|accessdate=12 November 2025|title= Yavi and Kwizera win in Seville|date=9 Nov 2025 }}</ref> In December, he was selected to represent Kenya in the U20 race at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, United States, where he won the team gold medal and individual bronze as part of a Kenyan clean sweep of the individual medals, alongside Frankline Kibet and Emmanuel Kiprono.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-cross-country-championships/tallahassee26/news/report/world-cross-tallahassee-26-u20-men|date=10 Jan 2026 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=10 January 2026|title= Kibet gains redemption and leads Kenya to U20 men's sweep in Tallahassee }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-cross-country-championships/tallahassee26/news/news/kenyan-team-wxc-tallahassee-26 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=3 January 2026|title= Global medallists on Kenyan team for WXC Tallahassee 26|date=31 December 2025 }}</ref>
==Personal life== He was a student at St. Peter's Keberesi Secondary School, Kisii County.<ref>{{cite web|title= Kipkurui, Alamisi To Lead Kenya's Medal Quest At World Athletics U20 Championships In Lima|first=Bernard |last=Cheruiyot|date= August 27, 2024|url=https://www.citizen.digital/sports/kipkurui-alamisi-to-lead-kenyas-medal-quest-at-world-athletics-u20-championships-in-lima-n348474|accessdate=28 August 2024|website=citizen.digital}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alamisi, Andrew}} Category:2007 births Category:Kenyan men long-distance runners Category:World Athletics U20 Championships winners Category:Living people Category:21st-century Kenyan sportsmen