Kevin Kamenschak
Austrian runner (born 2004)
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Kevin Kamenschak (born 18 January 2004) is an Austrian middle-distance and cross country runner. He has won the Austrian Indoor Athletics Championships over 1500 metres and 3000 metres and was senior Austrian cross country champion in 2025, and a double medalist at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships.[1]
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| Born | 18 January 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Events | Middle-distance running, cross country running | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
A member of ATSV Linz LA in Linz,[2] Kamenschak won the 1500 metres at the 2021 Austrian Indoor Athletics Championships.[3] He represented Austria at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, qualifying for the final of the 1500 metre, placing eighth overall.[4]
Kamenschak won the silver medals behind Niels Laros in the 1500m at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel. Later at the championships, he also won a bronze medal over 5000 metres.[5] Later that year, Kamenschak missed the Austrian 5 km record by one second and finished in 25th place overall at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga, Latvia.[6]
Kamenschak won the 1500 metres title again at the 2024 Austrian Indoor Athletics Championships.[7] That year, Kamenschak was eighth in the men's U23 race at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey.[8]
Ahead of the 2025 season, Kamenschak left Linz to base himself in Vienna where he began to train with Olympic athlete Raphael Pallitsch.[9] In February 2025, he was runner-up to Pallitsch in the 1500 metres at the Austrian Indoor Championships.[10] He also placed third behind Pallitsch in the 3000 metres at the championships.[11]
In November 2025, Kamenschak won the senior men's title at the Austrian Cross Country Championships.[8] He subsequently competed at the 2025 European Cross Country Championships in Portugal.[12] He won the 1500m title at the Austrian Indoor Athletics Championships with a time of 3:44.06.[13] He also won the 3000 metres at the Championships. [14]