Emmaculate Anyango Explained

Emmaculate Anyango
Fullname:Emmaculate Anyango Achol
Nationality:Kenyan
Sport:athletics
Event:Long distance running, Cross Country Running
Birth Date:2 April 2000
Pb:1500m: 4:24.91 (Nairobi, 2023)
3000m: 9:29.84 (Nairobi, 2019)
5000m: 15:22.80 (Nerja, 2023)
10000m: 30:06.43 (Eugene, 2024)
10km (road): 28.57 (Valencia, 2024)

Emmaculate Anyango Achol (born 2 April 2000) is a Kenyan cross country runner.[1] She is currently serving a six year ban (from September 2024) for a doping violation.[2]

Early life

From Kericho County, she has a brother and four sisters. She is a member of the Luo people. She attended school in the Rift Valley She moved to Iten to train in athletics and began to be coached by Ken Rotich.[3] [4]

Career

She was U20 African Championships 3000m silver medallist in 2019 in Abidjan.[5] [6]

In January 2023, she won the Discovery Kenya Cross Country Championship.[7] She won the 10,000 metres at the Meeting Gala Fernanda Ribeiro in May 2023, in Portugal.[8] [9]

She ran 28.57 at the 2024 10K Valencia Ibercaja in January 2024, becoming the second woman ever to run a 10km event in less than 29 minutes. Her compatriot Agnes Jebet Ngetich became the first to do so in the same race, as she broke women’s 10km world record.[10] [11] In February 2024, she won the Sirikwa Cross Country Classic in Eldoret.[12] [13]

She was runner-up to Agnes Ngetich at the Kenyan cross country trials on 2 March 2024 and was selected for the 2024 World Cross Country Championships in Serbia,[14] where she finished fourth, winning team gold with Kenya.[15]

In 2024, she had second-place finishes at the BAA 5km in Boston and the TCS World 10km Road Race in Bengaluru, India. She placed sixth in the Kenyan Olympic 10,000m trials at the Prefontaine Classic, where she ran a personal best of 30:06.43. In October 2024, she was given a provisional doping ban for the presence of EPO and testosterone.[16] In November 2024, the AIU (Athletics Integrity Unit) suspended her for a period of six years.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Emmaculate Anyango. 28 March 2024. World Athletics.
  2. Web site: Decision of the Athletics Integrity Unit. Athletics Integrity Unit. 22 November 2024. 22 November 2024.
  3. Web site: Justin. Lagat. Anyango's time to shine as she targets Belgrade and Paris. World Athletics. 28 March 2024. 20 March 2024.
  4. Web site: Olympics.com. Kenya’s new athletics gem Emmaculate Anyango on beating stereotypes: 'Talent is universal'. 28 March 2024. Evelyn. Watta. 28 March 2024.
  5. Web site: ‘I am their father’ – young Anyango shares family responsibility as she aims for Olympic Games glory. pd.co.ke. 28 March 2024.
  6. Web site: Bernard. Rotich. Emmaculate Anyango: The unlikely distance running champion targeting a global title. March 19, 2024. 28 March 2024. Nation.Africa.
  7. Web site: Newly crowned Discovery champion Anyango credits coach for incredible win. Athletics.Kenya.or.ke. 28 March 2024. January 30, 2023.
  8. Web site: World Afhletics. Meeting Gala Fernanda Ribeiro. 28 March 2024. 20 May 2023.
  9. Web site: Olympic Games hopeful Emmaculate Anyango names her role model . Sportpesanews. 28 March 2024. 7 February 2024. Tony. Kipkorir.
  10. Web site: Kenya's highly-rated Emmaculate Anyango introduces man behind her successful career. Sportpesanews. 28 March 2024. 6 February 2024. Tony. Kipkorir.
  11. Web site: Kenya hoping to defend World Cross Country title in Belgrade. tnx.africa. 28 March 2024. Stephen. Rutto . March 28, 2024.
  12. Web site: Citizen.digital. 28 March 2024. High-Flying Anyango Sets Sights On A Podium Finish In Paris, Belgrade. Mkalla. Mwambodze. February 6, 2024.
  13. Web site: Ebenyo and Anyango claim top honours at Sirikwa Classic. 2 March 2024. worldathletics.org.
  14. Web site: Who, what and when guide: World Cross Country Champs. Athletics Weekly. 28 March 2024. Jason. Henderson. March 27, 2024.
  15. Web site: Chebet reigns supreme as GB captain Donnelly leads by example. Athletics Weekly. 31 March 2024. Jason. Henderson . March 30, 2024.
  16. Web site: Athletics Weekly. 5 October 2024. Emmaculate Anyango provisionally suspended for doping violation. Jasmine. Collett . Oct 4, 2024 .
  17. Web site: Canadian Running Magazine. 22 November 2024. Kenyan distance star gets six-year doping ban. Anne. Francis . 22 November 2024 .

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