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| Born | 3 September 1998 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 2:01.79 (Kampala, 2025) 1500m: 4:08.09 (Douala, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Knight Aciru (born 3 September 1998) is a Ugandan middle-distance and cross country runner.[1]
Career
[edit]Whilst a third-year accounting student at Ndejje University in Uganda, she was a silver medalist in the 800 metres at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games held in Chengdu in August 2023 with a time of 2:04.34. In doing so, she became just the third Ugandan women to win a medal at the Games.[2][3][4] That year, she won the Ugandan national championships over 1500 metres.[5]
She placed fifth in the mixed relay with the Ugandan team at the 2024 World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade. [6][7]
She placed sixth in the final of the 1500 metres at the delayed 2023 African Games held in Accra, Ghana in March 2024.[8] She qualified for the final and placed fourth overall in the 1500 metres at the 2024 African Championships in Douala, Cameroon, running 4:15.39 in her heat and 4:08.09 in the final.[9][10]
She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan having qualified for a place via her world ranking with a season's best time of 4:09.69, but did not advance to the semi-finals.[11][12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Knight Aciru". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "Ugandan medallist Aciru still riding Chengdu high". Inside the Games. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "Opponents suprised me says Ugandan silver medalist Aciru Knight". Newvision.co.ug. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "Ugandan Championships". World Athletics. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ^ "Kiplimo and Cheptegei lead Uganda's team for WXC Belgrade 24". World Athletics. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "45th World Athletics Cross Country Championships". World Athletics. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "African Games". World Athletics. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "African Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "Chebet, Aciru and Chemutai qualify for Women's 1500M final". Kawowo.com. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "Team Uganda confident without Chep, Kiplimo". Monitor.co.ug. 7 September 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "Chemutai, Aciru start off Tokyo mission". Monitor.co.ug. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
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