MUSAGALA Ronald

Uganda

Athletics

Date of Birth: 16 Dec 1992

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Birth Country:

Uganda

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 1500m

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 1500m Round 1 - Heat 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	1500m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	11th (3:51.68)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	800m	1500m
2019	Doha, QAT	-	SF (3:37.19)
2017	London, GBR	-	SF (3:42.01)
2015	Beijing, CHN	-	Heats (3:42.12)
2013	Moscow, RUS	SF (1:45.87)	-

African Championships

Year	Location	1500m
2018	Asaba, NGR	3rd (3:36.41)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	1500m	Mile
2021	1 x 4th, 1 x 6th	1 x 6th
2019	1 x 1st, 1 x 4th, 1 x 5th	-

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2019	1500m	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	3:30.58
4	2021	1500m	Stockholm, SWE	3:33.99
4	2019	1500m	Brussels, BEL	3:33.90
5	2019	1500m	Lausanne, SUI	3:31.33
6	2021	1500m	Doha, QAT	3:35.99
6	2021	Mile	Oslo, NOR	3:53.04

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
12	2021	1500m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Hengelo, NED	3:38.69

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2017	1500m	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	3:33.65
13	2018	3000m	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	7:44.78

World Cross Country Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
5	Team Cross Country Relay	2019	Aarhus, DEN	27.35
DQ	Team Cross Country Relay	2017	Kampala, UGA	DQ

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Makerere University, Kampala, UGA

Languages spoken:

English

Coach:

Addy Ruiter [personal], NED, from 2018

Start:

He began athletics in primary school, but did not start taking it seriously until 2011. (Athlete, 26 Jul 2014; monitor.co.ug, 22 Jul 2013)

Reason:

He loved running as a child. He first took up a football scholarship at his primary school because it was the only option offered, but after winning a 10,000m school sports tournament he was encouraged to switch to a school that had an athletics programme. "I was really young but I used to join in the 5000m and 10,000m against the older boys and run the first three laps or so. I was very short and they were very tall but when they tried to overtake me I would speed up and try not to let them pass me. I would continue until I got too tired, but I always loved to run." (worldathletics.org, 25 Sep 2019)

Hero:

Kenyan middle-distance runner David Rudisha. (Athlete, 26 Jul 2014)

Philosophy:

"All things are possible when you have clear targets and everything is moving well." (worldathletics.org, 25 Sep 2019)

General Interest

General
NEW COACH
In 2018 he began working with Dutch coach Addy Ruiter. In April that year he drove eight hours to Kapchorwa, Uganda, to ask Ruiter to be his coach as he believed he was not progressing enough. "I did not feel [my career] was moving forward. But I didn't just want to maintain that level, I wanted to move ahead. I needed a fresh start and a free mind when running. I knew the great [Ugandan long-distance runner] Joshua Cheptegei had done some amazing things, so I wanted to be coached by his coach, Addy." Ruiter increased his training mileage. "The first time I went for long runs, I thought, 'When will this end?' But over time I stuck to Addy's programme and I could see that I was moving in the right direction." (worldathletics.org, 25 Sep 2019)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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