Janat Chemusto
Janat Chemusto is a Ugandan middle-distance runner who won a bronze medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Youth Games 3000-meter race. She also won a silver medal in Paris at the Mile Women Finals having crossed the line in the 4:23.65. She clinched victory in the 1,500 meters at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi, posting a personal best of 4:01.79, a time that qualified her for the World Championships in Budapest. She also a bronze medal at the FBK Games in the Netherlands with a time of 4:01.98.
Career
Chemusto's international debut came in 2014 at the African Youth Games in Gaborone, Botswana where she finished fourth in the 3000 meters with a time of 9:36.94. She also competed in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China securing a seventh-place finish in the same event with a time of 9:22.42. In 2015, at the African Youth Championships in Réduit, Chemusto earned a silver medal in the 1500 meters, clocking 4:17.61.During the same year at the World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang, she finished 18th in the U20 race with a time of 21:10 minutes. She then finished tenth in the 3000 meters at the World Youth Championships in Cali in 9:42.88 minutes. She won bronze medals in the 1500 and 3000 meters at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia in 4:19.48 minutes and 9:56.62 minutes, respectively. In 2017, at the World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, Uganda, she finished 23rd in the U20 race with a time of 20:54 minutes and won a bronze medal in the team rankings. In 2022, she placed fifth in the 1500 meters at the African Championships in Port Louis with a time of 4:21.36 minutes and eighth in the 5000 meters with a time of 16:38.76. She then finished fourth in the 1500 and 5000 meters at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, finishing in 4:16.72 and 16:59.9 minutes, respectively.