Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo
Chelimo in 2016
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October 27, 1990 Iten, Kenya |
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| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | ||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500–5000 m | ||||||||||||
| Club | United States Army | ||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 1500 m – 3:42.49i (2016) 3000 m – 7:39.00i (2016) 5000 m – 13:03.90 (2016) |
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Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo (born October 27, 1990) is a Kenyan-born American track and field athlete. He is the 2016 Olympic silver medalist at 5000 meters. He represented the United States in the 3000 meters at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships held in Portland, Oregon. He qualified to the World Championships by taking second place at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships on the same track a week earlier, setting a personal record of 7:39.00.
Later in 2016, he finished third in the 5000 meters at the Olympic Trials. Running aggressively, Chelimo was the first to cover an early breakaway, which was eventually swallowed by another breakaway by previous trials winner Galen Rupp. Again, Chelimo led the last lap charge to run down Rupp, and after catching him, Chelimo held the lead onto the final straightaway. Chelimo was eventually run down by the sprint finish of 41-year-old Kenyan American Bernard Lagat, followed closely by Hassan Mead. But Chelimo was able to hold his position to the finish, beating Eric Jenkins to the line by 0.06 of a second and qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
In 2010, Chelimo initially went to the US to run for Shorter College where he won the 3000 meters and was part of their winning distance medley relay team as Shorter won the 2011 NAIA National Indoor Championship. Later that year, Shorter won the NAIA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship as Chelimo won the 5000 meters and 10000 meters at the championships. He transferred to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, taking 2nd place in the 2012 NCAA Championships 5000 meters and repeated the place in 2013.
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