LOKORO Paulo Amotun

Refugee Olympic Team

Athletics

Date of Birth: 1 Jan 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Place of residence : KENYA

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	Round 1 (4:03.96)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	1500m
2019	Doha, QAT	Heats (3:48.98)

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 800m
2017	Nassau, BAH	DQ

African Championships

Year	Location	1500m
2018	Asaba, NGR	15th (4:03.44)

World Half Marathon Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
125	Half Marathon	2018	Valencia, ESP	1:09:31

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

Hobbies:

Football. (seattlemedium.com, 09 Aug 2017)

Occupation:

Athlete

Club name:

Tegla Loroupe Foundation [Nairobi, KEN]

Coach:

Tegla Loroupe [club], KEN

Injuries:

An injury to his hamstring affected his performance at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (worldathletics.org, 04 Apr 2020)

Start:

He began running at school in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northern Kenya, where he excelled in sports as a teenager. In 2015 his talent was noticed by coaches from the Tegla Loroupe Foundation. (rio2016.com, 17 Jun 2016)

Reason:

"I didn't wish to become a refugee. But I had to flee because of the [Second Sudanese Civil War]. I found myself in Kenya, at the Kakuma refugee camp. It was then I realised I had a gift for running." (iocnewsroom.com, 08 Jun 2021)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympics.com, 13 Apr 2021)

General Interest

General
LEAVING SOUTHERN SUDAN
Originally a cattle farmer in southern Sudan, he fled the war in his homeland in 2006 to join his parents in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. "Before I came here I did not even have training shoes. Now we have trained and trained, until we see ourselves at a good level, and now we know fully how to be athletes. I am so happy [to compete at the Olympic Games]. I know I am racing on behalf of refugees. I was one of those refugees in the camp and now I have reached somewhere special. If I perform well, I will use that to help support my family and my people." (rio2016.com, 17 Jun 2016; insidethegames.biz, 03 Jun 2016; olympic.org, 03 Jun 2016)

PANDEMIC
In the early part of 2020 he was training at the Tegla Loroupe Foundation in Nairobi, Kenya, but once the COVID-19 pandemic hit he had to return to the Kakuma Refugee Camp. He and other athletes continued to train when they could, but he was unable to compete for the whole of 2020. "When I came [back to the camp] from Nairobi, people were looking to me, thinking maybe I had money or food. But I had none. I was not able to bring my ration card from Nairobi, so I have no ration card here. It is blocked. I am happy with the chances I have had with Tegla, which have allowed me to do something good with my life. If you have support, everything is becoming easy. I am just trying to do my best and to see if I can persevere. So one day I can tell my family that hard work can bring achievements." (worldathletics.org, 12 Jan 2021, 04 Apr 2020)

Legend

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

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