Robert Kajuga (athlete)

Robert Kajuga (born 1 January 1985 in Kaniga, Gicumbi District) is a Rwandan long-distance track and road runner. He represented Rwanda in the 10,000 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Robert Kajuga
Kajuga running the 10,000 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1985-01-01) January 1, 1985
Kaniga, Gicumbi District, Rwanda
Sport
Country Rwanda
SportTrack, Long-distance running
Event(s)5000 metres, 10,000 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5000 metres: 13:48.50[1]
10,000 metres: 27:56.67[1]

Kajuga qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics on July 8, 2012 when he ran the 10,000-metre at the African Senior Athletics Championship in Benin in a time of 28:03 (min:sec).[2] After his Olympic debut, where he finished 14th, he began participating in longer-distance road races.[3] On December 24, 2012, he won a 20-km road race in Kigali.[4] Kajuga finished the men's race at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 73rd place of 96 finishers. On April 21, 2013, he ran a half-marathon in Nice, France recording a time of 1:01:37.[1]

He was banned for four years, spanning 25 March 2016 to 2020, after refusing to submit to a doping control after a race in Kigali.[5]

See also

References
  1. IAAF. "Athlete profile of Robert Kajuga".
  2. Rwanda: Kajuga qualifies for Olympic Games - July 8, 2012
  3. "Robert Kajuga Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  4. Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine Kigali Konnect: Kajuga wins 20km de Kigali - 24 December 2012
  5. Positive Cases in Athletics. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-10-01.


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