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Nationality | Ethiopian | |||||||||||||||||
Born | 1 January 2005 | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 1500m, 3000m | |||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 800m 1:48.62 (Bydgoszcz, 2021) 1500m: 3:33.74 (Heraglo, 2021) 3000m: 7:44.06 (Cali, 2022) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Melkeneh Azize (born 1 January 2005) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. In 2022, he became the World U20 Champion in the 3000 metres. [1]
He won the bronze medal at the 2021 IAAF World Junior Championships in Nairobi, Kenya in the 3000 metres. [2] He won the gold medal at the 2022 IAAF World Junior Championships in Cali, Colombia in the 3000 metres. [3] [4] He was selected for the Ethiopia team for the 2023 World Athletics Championships. [5]