 Sime in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 November 2001 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 3000 metres steeplechase |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 3000m Steeplechase: 8:02.36 (Paris 2024) |
Medal record | |
Abrham Sime (born 7 November 2001) is an Ethiopian steeplechase runner. [1]
Sime won the men's 2000m steeplechase at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games. [2] [3]
In 2021, Sime was second in the 3000m steeplechase Ethiopian Olympic trials in behind Bikila Tadese Takele with both men running personal bests, Sime ran 8:12:11 to secure his qualification for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and was chosen in the Ethiopian squad. [4] [5] However, Sime did not compete. [6]
He ran a new personal best of 8:10.73 at the Paris Diamond League event in June 2023, in the same race that his compatriot Lamecha Girma broke the world record in the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase. [7] He ran a new personal best in July 2023 at the Diamond League event in Monaco, running 8:10.56 to finish third behind winner Simon Koech. [8]
He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. [9]
In 2024, Sime set a new PB of 8:02.36 at the Meeting de Paris, holding off the fast-finishing Amos Serem to win. [10]
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