# Andrew Alamisi
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{{Short description|Kenyan athlete (born 2007)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Andrew Alamisi
| birth_name = Andrew Kiptoo Alamisi
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| nationality = Kenyan
| sport = [Athletics](/source/Track_and_Field)
| event = [Long distance running](/source/Long_distance_running)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2007|8|28|df=yes}}
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| pb = {{ubl
|'''3000 m:''' 7:36.24 (Budapest, 2025)
|'''5000 m:''' 13:03.30 (Zagreb, 2025)
}}
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)}}
{{Medal|Country|{{KEN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[World U20 Championships](/source/World_Athletics_U20_Championships)}}
{{Medal|Gold|[2024 Lima](/source/2024_World_Athletics_U20_Championships)|[5000m](/source/2024_World_Athletics_U20_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_5000_metres)}}
{{Medal|Competition|[Commonwealth Youth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2023_Commonwealth_Youth_Games)}}
{{Medal|Silver|[2023 Port of Spain](/source/Athletics_at_the_2017_Commonwealth_Youth_Games)|[1500 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2023_Commonwealth_Youth_Games)}}
{{Medal|Silver|[2023 Port of Spain](/source/Athletics_at_the_2017_Commonwealth_Youth_Games)|[3000 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2023_Commonwealth_Youth_Games)}}
{{Medal|Competition|[World Cross Country Championships](/source/World_Athletics_Cross_Country_Championships)}}
{{Medal|Gold|[2026 Tallahassee](/source/2026_World_Athletics_Cross_Country_Championships)|[U20 team](/source/2026_World_Athletics_Cross_Country_Championships_%E2%80%93_Senior_women's_race)}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[2026 Tallahassee](/source/2026_World_Athletics_Cross_Country_Championships)|[U20 race](/source/2026_World_Athletics_Cross_Country_Championships_%E2%80%93_Senior_men's_race)}}
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'''Andrew Kiptoo Alamisi''' (born 28 August 2007) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. In 2024, he became world U20 champion over [5000 metres](/source/5000_metres).[{{cite web|title= Andrew Alamisi|accessdate=28 August 2024|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/andrew-kiptoo-alamisi-15107003}}]
==Career==
He won silver over both 1500 metres and 3000 metres at the [2023 Commonwealth Youth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2023_Commonwealth_Youth_Games) in [Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago) in August 2023.[{{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}}][{{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}}][{{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}}]
He trains in [Iten](/source/Iten) in [Elgeyo-Marakwet County](/source/Elgeyo-Marakwet_County), Kenya, where he is coached by Erick Kogo.[{{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}}] On 27 August 2024, he won gold at the [2024 World Athletics U20 Championships](/source/2024_World_Athletics_U20_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_5000_metres) in the men's 5000 metres in [Lima](/source/Lima), Peru.[{{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}}][{{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}}]
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](/source/Zagreb) on 24 May 2025, finishing behind compatriot [Denis Kipkoech](/source/Denis_Kipkoech) but ahead of Ethiopia's [Biniam Mehary](/source/Biniam_Mehary).[{{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}}][{{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}}] He ran in Stockholm at the [2025 BAUHAUS-galan](/source/2025_BAUHAUS-galan) event, part of the [2025 Diamond League](/source/2025_Diamond_League), in June 2025, finishing eleventh over 5000 metres.[{{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}}]
Alamisi was runner-up to [Rodrigue Kwizera](/source/Rodrigue_Kwizera) at the [Cross Internacional de Itálica](/source/Cross_Internacional_de_It%C3%A1lica) in Spain, in November 2025, a [World Athletics Cross Country Tour](/source/World_Athletics_Cross_Country_Tour) Gold race.[{{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 }}] In December, he was selected to represent Kenya in the U20 race at the [2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships](/source/2026_World_Athletics_Cross_Country_Championships) in [Tallahassee](/source/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](/source/Frankline_Kibet) and [Emmanuel Kiprono](/source/Emmanuel_Kiprono).[{{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
}}][{{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 }}]
==Personal life==
He was a student at St. Peter's Keberesi Secondary School, [Kisii County](/source/Kisii_County).[{{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}}]
== References ==
{{reflist}}{{Footer World Junior Champions men's 5000 metres}}
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Category:2007 births
Category:Kenyan men long-distance runners
Category:World Athletics U20 Championships winners
Category:Living people
Category:21st-century Kenyan sportsmen
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