Edmund Serem

Edmund Serem
Serem in 2024
Personal information
National teamKenyan
Born (2007-12-27) 27 December 2007
Sport
CountryKenya
SportAthletics
Event
3000 metres steeplechase
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 3000 m Steeplechase: 8:01.61 (Rabat, 2026)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Kenya
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2025 Tokyo 3000 m steeplechase
African Championships
Silver medal – second place2024 Douala3000 m steeplechase
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2026 Glasgow 3000 m steeplechase
World U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Lima 3000 m steeplechase

Edmund Serem (born 27 December 2007) is a Kenyan long-distance runner and steeplechaser. He won the gold medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games and the bronze medal at the 2025 World Championships in the 3000 metres steeplechase.[1]

Biography

Serem won the gold medal in the 2000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 African U18 Championships in Ndola, Zambia in April 2023.[2] He finished sixth at the 2023 African Games in the 3000 metres steeplechase in Accra, Ghana.[3]

Serem won the silver medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics in Douala, Cameroon.[4] He won the gold medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in the 3000 metres steeplechase in August 2024 in a time of 8:15.28.[5][6]

Serem competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025 running a personal best time of 8:08.50.[7] The following weekend, he secured second place in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League, running a time of 8:08.68.[8] On 24 May 2025, he ran a new personal best of 8:07.47 to finish third in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, also part of the 2025 Diamond League.[9] He followed that with a steeplechase win at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi on 31 May 2025.[10] He set a new personal best of 8:04.00 to place third at the 2025 Herculis event in Monaco.[11] He placed second in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 Diamond League Final in 8:09.96.[12]

Serem won the Kenyan Trials in July 2025, and was named in the Kenyan team for the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.[13][14] In Tokyo, he won the bronze medal in the World Championship final on 15 September 2025.[15] He subsequently won the World Athletics Rising Star of the Year Award.[16][17]

On 31 May, he set a new personal best 8:01.61 to place fourth in the 3000 metres steeplechase in the 2026 Diamond League in Rabat, before placing second at the 2026 Bauhausgalan in Stockholm on 7 June.[18][19] The following month, he was runner-up at the Kenyan Championships behind Simon Koech.[20] He placed third in the 3000 metres steeplechase on 28 June at the 2026 Meeting de Paris and was third again on 10 July at the 2026 Herculis event in Monaco.[21][22] On 27 July, he won the gold medal in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2026 Commonwealth Games ahead of Koech in a Kenyan sweep of the podium places.[23]

Personal life

His older brother Amos Serem is also a steeplechaser and a former world U20 champion in the steeplechase.[24][25]

References

  1. ↑ "Edmund SEREM". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "How training with 'greats' is priming Amos Serem's younger brother for global stardom". Pulse Sports. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  3. ↑ Mwamburi, Geoffrey (19 March 2024). "Africa Games: Serem Happy With Steeplechase Silver". citizen.digital. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "Amos Serem's younger brother hoping to replicate his 2021 performance at 2024 World Under-20 championships". Pulsesports. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "'This is for you, dad': Serem savours steeplechase gold". Nation.Africa. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Father's Inspiration Finally Yields Gold For Serem At World Under 20 Champs". capitalfm.co.ke. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Tinch and Duplantis fly in Shanghai/Keqiao". World Athletics. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "Chebet storms to second on world 3000m all-time list with 8:11.56 in Rabat". World Athletics. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  10. ↑ "Nene smashes 44-second barrier in Nairobi". World Athletics. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "Lyles back with a bang in Monaco". World Athletics. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  12. ↑ "Big wins for Lyles and Weber, records for Warholm and Tinch as Diamond League Final concludes in Zurich". World Athletics. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  13. ↑ Moses, Martin (22 July 2025). "World Athletics Championships: Faith Kipyegon, Omanyala, Chebet Lead Team Kenya to Tokyo". Toku.co.ke. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  14. ↑ Chavez, Chris (22 July 2025). "2025 Athletics Kenya Trials For 2025 Tokyo World Championship: Notable Results". Citiusmag.com. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  16. ↑ "Finalists announced for 2025 Men's Rising Star Award". World Athletics. 10 November 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  17. ↑ "Sensational Serem Crowned World Athletics Rising Star Of The Year". Capitalfm.co.ke. 30 November 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  18. ↑ Crumley, Euan (7 June 2026). "AUDREY WERRO SPRINGS A SHOCK ON KEELY HODGKINSON". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  19. ↑ "El Bakkali and Kovacs win rematches in Rabat". World Athletics. 31 May 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  20. ↑ "Odira and Cheruiyot book Commonwealth Games places at Kenyan Championships". World Athletics. 20 June 2026. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  21. ↑ "Results - Monaco Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 10 July 2026. Retrieved 14 July 2026.
  22. ↑ "Results - Paris Diamond League (Meeting de Paris) 2026". Watch Athletics. 28 June 2026. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
  23. ↑ Crumley, Euan (27 July 2026). "ROSE DAVIES' PATIENCE PAYS OFF TO STRIKE 10,000M GOLD". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  24. ↑ "Kenyan youngster Serem keen to follow in elder his brother's footsteps at championships". Nation.Africa. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  25. ↑ "Serem Brothers Amos And Edmund To Face Off At Africa Games". Dailysport.co.ke. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
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