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Full name | Saron Berhe Tareke [1] | ||||||||||||||
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Born | 27 August 2007 (16 years, 359 days old) [2] | ||||||||||||||
Agent | Juan Pedro Pineda De La Losa | ||||||||||||||
Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) [2] | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 1500 metres Mile run | ||||||||||||||
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Personal bests | 1500m : 4:00.46 (2023) Mile : | ||||||||||||||
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Updated on 20 February 2024 |
Saron Berhe Tareke (born 27 August 2007) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner. She is the world under-18 record-holder in the short track 1500 metres and mile run with a mile time of 4:24.23.
Saron started her career competing in the 800 metres, finishing 6th behind Werkuha Getachew at the 2021 Pepsi Meet in Addis Ababa. [3] [4] In 2022, she contested both the Ethiopian U18 Championships and the senior Ethiopian Athletics Championships in that event; she won the silver medal at the U18 championships in a 2:04.6 best, and finished 8th at the senior championships. [5] [6] [7]
Running as a professional under Juan Pedro Pineda, Saron made her international debut placing 8th at the 2023 Metz Indoor Meeting. [8] At the Meeting Desafio Nerja in Spain, she finished runner-up in a personal best of 2:02.26. [9] Despite the 800 m time being a world under-18 lead, Saron would see her greatest success in the 1500 m, which she made her international debut for at the Meeting Pro Athlé Tour Stanislas de Nancy in France. [10] She placed 2nd at the 2023 Meeting Madrid in a time of 4:02.30 behind Brenda Chebet, but Chebet was later disqualified for violating anti-doping rules, promoting Saron to first place. [11] Saron placed 6th at the 2023 Xiamen Diamond League in 4:00.86, and 11th at the 2023 Memorial Van Damme in 4:00.46 to end her season. [12] The latter result made her the fastest-ever woman to place 11th in any 1500 metres race. [13]
Saron opened her 2024 season at the 2024 Copernicus Cup, running the short track mile run which was set up as a world record attempt for Freweyni Hailu. Saron joined Hailu, Hirut Meshesha, and Netsanet Desta behind the pacemakers, and despite falling back she finished 3rd in 4:24.23. [14] The time was a new under-18 world best, beating Mary Cain's old record of 4:28.25 by four seconds. Her 1500 m en-route split was 4:06.62, which also beat Gudaf Tsegay's previous under-18 world best of 4:08.47. [15]
Saron runs under Spanish athletics manager Juan Pedro Pineda, alongside Olympic medallist Gudaf Tsegay. [16] Her twin sister Tegab Berhe is also a runner, having finished 6th at the 2023 African U18 Championships in the 800 m. [17]
# | Mark | Pl. | Competition | Venue | Date | Ref. |
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1 | 4:13.4 h A | ![]() | AF Club Competition | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 24 Mar 2023 | [18] |
2 | 4:03.70 | 5th | Meeting Pro Athlé Tour Stanislas de Nancy | Tomblaine, France | 17 Jun 2023 | [19] |
3 | 4:02.30 | ![]() | Meeting Madrid | Madrid, Spain | 21 Jul 2023 | [20] |
4 | 4:00.86 | 6th | Xiamen Diamond League | Xiamen, China | 1 Sep 2023 | [21] |
5 | 4:00.46 | 11th | Memorial Van Damme | Bruxelles, Belgium | 7 Sep 2023 | [22] |
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