Samuel Simba Cherop

Samuel Simba Cherop is an Ugandan long-distance runner. He won the 10,000 metres at the 2025 African U20 Championships.

Career

From Kapchorwa, Cherop placed fifth overall in the final of the 5000 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, in August 2024.
In May 2025, Cherop won a 5km road race in Lausanne, Switzerland, setting a new course record of 13:29 at the age of 18 years-old. In June 2025, Cherop won the gold medal over 10,000 metres at the 2025 African U20 Championships in Nigeria.
Cherop was a double medalist at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, winning the silver medal over 10,000 metres and the bronze medal over 5000 metres, whilst still a teenager. He placed fourth in the Gold meeting on the World Athletics Cross Country Tour at the C.I.C. Alcobendas-Comunidad de Madrid in Spain, on 30 November 2025.