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Julius Achon
Ugandan middle distance runner
"Achon" redirects here. For the type of dwarfism, see Achondroplasia.
Julius Bua Achon (born 12 December 1976) is a Ugandan retired middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres.
Achon once held the 800m American Collegiate in-season Record with a time of 1:44.55 set in 1996 as a student at George Mason University.
Julius achon biography
He competed in both the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.
He is also the founder of the Achon Uganda Children's Fund, based in Portland, Oregon which opened a medical center in Northern Uganda in 2012. Achon currently serves as a Member of the Ugandan Parliament, representing Otuke County in Northern Uganda.
Achon's life story is chronicled in the book The Boy Who Runs, by John Brant.
Early life
At the age of 10, Achon began to run, inspired by stories of John Akii-Bua, the Ugandan 400m hurdler who won Olympic gold in 1972.
When he was 12, Achon was abducted by the Lord's Resistance Ar