Dorcus Inzikuru
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's Athletics | ||
Representing  Uganda
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| World Championships | ||
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2005 Helsinki | 3000 m steeplechase |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
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2006 Melbourne | 3000 m steeplechase |
Dorcus Inzikuru (born February 2, 1982 in Vurra, Arua District) is a Ugandan track and field athlete, competing in the steeplechase. She won the inaugural world title in women's 3000 m steeplechase, as well as the first Commonwealth title in the event. Her coach is Renato Canova. Sometimes her name is spelt "Docus". It was misspelled in her passport, and the mistake was perpetuated when she entered international races.
Inzikuru won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games, finishing behind Meseret Defar, and Tirunesh Dibaba. She also won at cross country, beating all-comers at the Eurocross meeting that year.
In 2005, at the World Championships, in Helsinki, Finland, Inzikuru ended Uganda's 33-year wait for an athletics world title, winning the inaugural women's 3000 m steeplechase event, in a time of 9:18.24 (at the time, the sixth best performance ever). Inzikuru only became aware of the $60,000 prize after winning the final and vowed to use her money to build a house and to help young athletes.
She had competed in the 2005 IAAF World Cross Country Championships that year, but she finished in 18th place. In 2006 she won the Oeiras International Cross Country meeting, but she pulled out of that season's World Cross Country Championships.
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