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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Ethiopian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 September 2003 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 3000m steeplechase | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 3000m Steeplechase: 8:12.44 (Marseille, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Samuel Duguna (born 20 September 2003) is an Ethiopian steeplechaser. He won gold at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in the 3000 metres steeplechase. [1]
In March 2022, he finished fourth at the Ethiopian Athletics Championships in Hawassa in the 3000 metres steeplechase. [2] He was runner-up in the 3000m steeplechase at the Kip Keino Classic in May 2022. [3]
He won the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia finishing in 8:37.92 ahead of compatriot Samuel Firewu in August 2022. [4] [5]
He made his Diamond League debut in Stockholm in July 2023. [6]
In May 2024, he ran a 3000 metres steeplechase personal best time of 8:12.44 and met the Paris 2024 Olympic qualifying standard to win in Marseille. [7]
Benjamin Wabura Jipcho was a track and field athlete from Kenya, who won the silver medal in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1972 Summer Olympics, behind teammate Kipchoge Keino.
The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 metres, which derives its name from the horse racing steeplechase.
Gudaf Tsegay Desta is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. She is the current women’s world record holder for 5,000 m (14:00.21), set at the 2023 final Diamond League event, the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon. Eugene is also where she won the World Athletics Championships on 5,000 m in 2022. At the World Athletics Championships, Tsegay also won the gold medal for 10,000 metres in 2023; a bronze for the 1,500 metres in 2019, and silver in 2022. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist in the women's 5,000 metres. She is a two-time World Indoor Championship 1,500 m medallist, claiming bronze in 2016 and gold in 2022. She is also the world indoor record holder for the 1,500 m, setting previously in this event world under-18 (current) and U20 (former) records.
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Soufiane El Bakkali is a Moroccan runner specializing in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion, having previously finished fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics. At the World Athletics Championships, El Bakkali won two gold medals, winning his first in 2022 and later in 2023, He won silver in 2017 and bronze in 2019. He also placed third at the 2019 African Games and second at the 2018 African Championships.
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Selemon Barega Shirtaga is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, silver for the 5,000 metres at the 2019 World Championships in Doha and bronze in the 10,000 metres at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest. Barega is a two-time 3,000 metres World Indoor Championship medallist, taking silver in 2018, and a gold in 2022.
Getnet Wale Bayabl is an Ethiopian runner specialising in the 3,000 metres steeplechase. He finished fourth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as well as at the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships. Wale won the silver medal at the 2019 African Games and a bronze at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics.
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World U20 Champions in men's steeplechase | |
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