LOHALITH Anjelina Nadai

Refugee Olympic Team

Date of Birth: 1 Jan 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Birth Country:

South Sudan

Place of residence : KENYA

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 1500m

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 1500m Round 1 - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	1500m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Round 1 (4:47.38)

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

Reading. (mobsports.com, 18 Jun 2021)

Occupation:

Son Jayden Luis Monutore

Languages spoken:

Tegla Loroupe Foundation [Nairobi, KEN]

Tegla Loroupe [club], KEN

She began training with the Tegla Loroupe Foundation in Kenya in 2015. Her talent was noticed while she was living in the Kakuma Refugee Camp. (olympic.org, 03 Jun 2016)

"Wherever I went I would run. When I went to fetch something for my mother I always ran because I didn't want to be beaten by her. I just loved running for no reason, but I did not know anything about racing until Tegla [Loroupe] came to the [refugee] camp. I didn't know who she was. I only found out about her medals and her world record later." (mobsports.com, 18 Jun 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympics.com, 22 Mar 2021)

General Interest

General
LEAVING SOUTHERN SUDAN
She fled southern Sudan with her aunt at age nine and arrived at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northern Kenya in 2002. Her parents, her two sisters, and her brother remained in South Sudan and were unaware of Anjelina's involvement in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro until they relocated to Kenya in 2021. "If I succeed [in athletics] I might earn some money to improve the life of my family. My dream is just to help my parents and help my father build a better house. I want people to know that being a refugee is not just it. We are humans too, and can achieve great things at the Olympics." (thebridge.in, 19 Jun 2021; mobsports.com, 18 Jun 2021; reuters.com, 10 Jun 2016; insidethegames.biz, 03 Jun 2016; olympic.org, 03 Jun 2016; mgafrica.com, 31 Mar 2016)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She spoke at the One Young World Summit in Ottawa, ON, Canada, a global forum for youth leaders to discuss global issues. She has also been part of the Mentoring Program of the Sport at the Service of Humanity Foundation, and in 2018 she took part at the Olympism in Action Forum organised by the International Olympic Committee [IOC] during the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (olympics.com, 22 Mar 2021)

Legend

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

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