Khairi Bejiga

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Khairi Bejiga
Personal information
Born (2006-04-27) 27 April 2006 (age 19)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
 Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5000m: 13:06.53 (Turku, 2025)
Road
5 km: 13:14 (Al Khobar, 2025)
10 km: 26:52 NU20B (Valencia, 2026)

Khairi Bejiga (born 27 April 2006) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He set the Ethiopian best under-20 time in the 10K run whilst competing in 2025. [1]

Career

Bejiga finished eleventh over 5000 metres on 16 May at the 2025 Doha Diamond League. [2] Competing at the Meeting Nikaia, a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meeting on 31 May 2025, he finished runner-up behind Eritrea’s Saymon Amanuel, but ahead of Niels Laros, running 13:06.95. in Nice, France. [3] [4] The following month, he lowered his personal best for the distance at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku to 13:06.53. [5]

On his debut 10km road race, he won the tRUNsylvania 10K – a World Athletics Elite Label road race in Brasov, Romania in October 2025. His winning time of 26:54 equalled the fastest ever debut over the distance, equalling the time of Sabastian Sawe from 2022, and placed second fastest on the all-time U20 list. [6] [7] He was also only 3 seconds outside the course record held by Nicholas Kimeli. [8] [9]

On 11 January 2026, he placed second over 10km in Valencia behind Andreas Almgren, running a personal best 26:52. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Khairi Bejiga". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 Jan 2026.
  2. ↑ "Results - Doha Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Mills, Steven (1 Jun 2025). "Tual moves to second on European all-time 600m list with 1:14.01 in Nice". European Athletics. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Meeting Nikaia". World Athletics. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "Paavo Nurmi Games". World Athletics. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Teenager Bejiga breaks 27 minutes in Brasov". World Athletics. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  7. ↑ Kelsall, Christopher (October 5, 2025). "Stunning debut for Ethiopia's Khairi Bejiga, wins 2025 tRUNsylvania 10K in second fastest U20 time ever". Athletics Illustrated. Retrieved 3 Jan 2026.
  8. ↑ "Kenyans Stunned As Ethiopians Dominate At 2025 TRUNsylvania 10K". Capital FM. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 3 Jan 2026.
  9. ↑ Adams, Tim (6 October 2025). "KHAIRI BEJIGA EDGES OUT MAXIME CHAUMETON AT TRUNSYLVANIA 10K". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 Jan 2026.
  10. ↑ Mills, Steven (11 Jan 2026). "European record! Almgren smashes his European 10km record with 26:46 in Valencia". European Athletics. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
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