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| Nationality | Ethiopian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 October 2005 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||
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Mezgebu Sime (born 7 October 2005) is an Ethiopian long distance runner. [1]
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Ethiopian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 October 2005 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mezgebu Sime (born 7 October 2005) is an Ethiopian long distance runner. [1]
Mezgebu has won the Ethiopian under-20 title over 5000 metres. [2] [3] He finished sixth at the Great Ethiopian Run in a time of 29:00 in November 2023. [4]
In March 2024, he won silver medals in both the U20 individual race, and in the team U20 race, at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Serbia. [5] [6]
He finished in third place over 5000 metres at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event, in a personal best time of 12:51.86, finishing narrowly behind the event winner Berihu Aregawi and second placed compatriot Kuma Girma. [7] [8] He also ran in the Diamond League in June 2025 at the 2025 Meeting de Paris. [9] In July 2025, he was provisionally named as a reserve for the Ethiopian team for the 5000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [10]
