{{short description|Ugandan mountain runner}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = | nickname = | fullname = | image = Doha 2019 men's marathon (14).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Musobo in 2019 | nationality = Ugandan | sport = Mountain running | event = | club = G.P. Parco Alpi Apuane, Italy | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|8|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = | residence = | coach = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = | country = {{UGA}} | medaltemplates = }}
'''Fred Musobo''' (born 12 August 1996) is a Ugandan mountain runner.
==Career== Musobo placed first in the 2015 World Mountain Running Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wmra.ch/index.php/results/world-trophy-championships|title=World Trophy (1991-2008)/World Championships (2009 on)|publisher=wmra.ch|accessdate=23 October 2017}}</ref>
In 2018 Musobo represented Uganda at the World Half Marathon Championships in Valencia, Spain. Fred placed 20th in a time of 1:01:38. Kenya's Geoffrey Kamworor won the race. Fred made his marathon debut in April at the Milano Marathon, where he ran a time of 2:13:50, finishing 4th place. Musobo's next marathon was at the Seoul JoongAn Marathon, where he finished 5th in a time of 2:09:04.
In 2019 Musobo ran the International Marathon, Daegu, where he placed 3rd in a new personal best time of 2:06:56. In 2019, he represented Uganda in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.<ref name="men_marathon_results_world_championships_2019">{{cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-MAR-M-f----.RS6.pdf|title=Marathon Men − Final − Results|publisher=IAAF|date=5 October 2019|accessdate=6 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627234043/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-MAR-M-f----.RS6.pdf|archive-date=27 June 2020}}</ref> He finished in 13th place.<ref name="men_marathon_results_world_championships_2019"/> The race was won by Ethiopia's Lelisa Desisa. In November, Musobo competed in his third marathon of the year, placing 2nd at the MTN Kampala Marathon in 2:15:23.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/uganda/fred-musobo-14693554|title=Fred MUSOBO | Profile | World Athletics}}</ref>
On 7 March 2021, Fred Musobo won the Source of the Nile Half Marathon in 1:03:14. On 11 April 2021, Musobo competed in the Xiamen Marathon and Tuscany Camp Global Elite Race in Siena, Italy. He placed 15th in a time of 2:08:24. The race was won by Kenya's Eric Kiptanui. Fred Musobo was selected to compete in the men's marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games alongside compatriots Stephen Kiprotich and Felix Chemonges.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.ug/olympics-stephen-kiprotich-picked-for-uganda-marathon-team/|title = OLYMPICS: Kiprotich picked for Uganda marathon team|date = 3 May 2021}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{ARRS}} * {{ITRA}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Musobo, Fred}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Ugandan mountain runners Category:Ugandan men long-distance runners Category:World Mountain Running Championships winners Category:Ugandan men marathon runners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Uganda Category:21st-century Ugandan sportsmen {{Uganda-athletics-bio-stub}}