Biniam Mehary

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Biniam Mehary
Personal information
NationalityEthiopian
Born (2006-12-20) 20 December 2006 (age 17)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 1500 metres, 3000 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1500 m (short track): 3:34.83 (Torun, 2024) WU20R
3000m (short track): 7:33.04 (Lievin, 2024)
5000m 12:54.10 (Los Angeles, 2024)
10,000 m: 26:37.93 (Nerja, 2024) WU20R
5km (road): 13.04 (Al Khobar, 2023)

Biniam Mehary (born 20 December 2006) is an Ethiopian middle and long-distance runner. In February 2024, he set a new under-20 world record in the 1500 metres indoors. [1]

Career

Mehary competed in Toruń at the Copernicus Cup in February 2024 as a 17 year-old, he set a new under-20 world record in the 1500 metres of 3:34.83 beating the record set had been set by Jakob Ingebrigtsen in 2019. [2] [3] He then ran 7:33.04 to finish second in the 3000m at the 2024 Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais in Lievin. [4] [5]

He was selected to run for Ethiopia at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow in the 1500m. [6] He qualified for the final before finishing in ninth place overall. [7]

He finished second at the 2024 Diamond League Shanghai over 5000 metres in a personal best time of 12:56.37. [8] [9] He set a new outdoors personal best over 5000m running 12:54.10 at the Los Angeles Grand Prix on 17 May 2024. [10]

On 14 June 2024, Mehary competed in the Ethiopian Olympic 10,000m trials in Nerja, Spain. In one of the highest quality 10,000m races ever, four men finished inside 26:40 and six men finished inside 26:50 for the first time. Even though then 17-year-old Biniam Mehary did not qualify to compete in the Paris Olympic Games, he placed fourth in a world U20 record of 26:37.93, taking four seconds off the previous mark set 19 years ago by the late Samuel Wanjiru. [11]

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