Saron Berhe

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Saron Berhe
Personal information
Full nameSaron Berhe Tareke [1]
Nationality Flag of Ethiopia.svg   Ethiopia
Born27 August 2007 (16 years, 183 days old) [2]
AgentJuan Pedro Pineda De La Losa
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in) [2]
Weight50 kg (110 lb) [2]
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 1500 metres
Mile run
Achievements and titles
National finals
Personal bests 1500m :
4:00.46 (2023)

Mile :
4:24.23 sh WU18R (2024)
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.

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Career

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 successs 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]

Personal life

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]

Statistics

Personal best progression

1500m progression
#MarkPl.CompetitionVenueDateRef.
14:13.4 h A Gold medal icon.svgAF Club Competition Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 24 Mar 2023 [18]
24:03.705thMeeting Pro Athlé Tour Stanislas de Nancy Tomblaine, France 17 Jun 2023 [19]
34:02.30Gold medal icon.svg Meeting Madrid Madrid, Spain 21 Jul 2023 [20]
44:00.866th Xiamen Diamond League Xiamen, China 1 Sep 2023 [21]
54:00.4611th Memorial Van Damme Bruxelles, Belgium 7 Sep 2023 [22]

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