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| Nationality | Ethiopian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 January 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 800m, 1500m, 3000m | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m 1:44.36 (Lokeren, 2022) 1500m: 3:36.28 (Oordegem, 2022) 3000m: 7:41.94 (Madrid, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ermias Girma (born 20 January 2005) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner. He is a national champion and world under-20 champion in the 800 metres. [1]
In April 2021, Girma won the 800 metres at the Ethiopian Athletics Championships in Addis Ababa in a time of 1:47.06. [2]
He ran an 800 metres time of 1:44.36 in Lokeren, Belgium, in May 2022 and lowered his 1500m best to 3:36.28 later that month. He ran at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon where he was finished fourth in his 800m heats qualifying heat in 1:49.36. [3]
Girma won gold in the 800 metres and silver in the 1500 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. [4] [5]
In February 2024, Girma was second in the 3000 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Tour event in Madrid in a time of 7:41.94. [6] In March 2024, he was a silver medalist over 1500 metres at the 2023 African Games in Accra. [7]
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Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner. Kipyegon is the current world record holder for the 1,500 metres and mile, set in 2024 and 2023 respectively, and the former world record holder for the 5,000 metres. Kipyegon won a gold medal each at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 1,500 m. She also won a gold medal in the 1,500 m at the 2017, 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships and in the 5,000 m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. She is nicknamed the "smiling destroyer".
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The Boys' 1500 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 15 and 17 July. Kumari Taki won the event in a championship record time of 3:36.38.
World U20 Champions in men's 800 metres | |
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