Personal information | |
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Nationality | Ugandan |
Born | 24 November 2002 |
Sport | |
Sport | Sprinting |
Event(s) | 100 and 200 metres |
Tarsis Gracious Orogot (born 24 November 2002 in Aukot Gweri Soroti district) is a Ugandan sprinter.[1]
Orogot gained his first experience at international championships in 2021, when he finished fourth in the 200 meter dash at the U20 World Championships in Nairobi in 20.57 s and set a Ugandan national record in the semifinals with 20.37 s. He also reached the semifinals in the 100m, where he was eliminated with a time of 10.37s. He represented Uganda at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.[2]
In 2023, running for the University of Alabama, he ran 20.20 for 200m indoors to set a world-leading mark in Albuquerque. This mark is a Ugandan record.[3]
He set a new national record running 19.75 s for the 200 m at the SEC Championship in Gainesville, FL on 11 May 2024.[4]
The previous year on 14 April 2023 he had set a track record for Gainesville by running 19.60 sec with a following wind of 2.9 m/s.