Saymon Amanuel

Saymon Amanuel

Personal information
Full name	Saymon Amanuel Tesfagiorgis
Nationality	Eritrean
Born	(2007-05-27) 27 May 2007 (age 18)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long-distance running

Saymon Amanuel Tesfagiorgis (born 27 May 2007) is an Eritrean long-distance and cross country runner. He represented his country over 5000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships. ^[1]

Career

Amanuel ran a new Eritrean national record in the 10K on the road with 27:10 in March 2025 in Lille, France at the age of 17 years-old. the following month, he placed second behind Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda in the elite men’s race at the World 10K Bengaluru 2025 in India. ^[2]

Amanuel ran a personal best of 13:01.85 for the 5000 metres in Nice, France, in May 2025, finishing ahead of Niels Laros and Khairi Bejiga. ^{[3] [4]} He placed tenth over 5000 metres at the 2025 BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm, part of the 2025 Diamond League in June 2025. ^[5] In September 2025, he competed over 5000 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, without advancing to the final. ^[6]

In November 2025, he won on the World Athletics Cross Country Tour, winning the Cinque Mulini in Italy, finishing 32 seconds ahead of defending champion Matthew Kipkoech Kipruto, with World Championships bronze medalist in the marathon Iliass Aouani in third. In doing so, he became the second Eritrean winner of the race after Zersenay Tadese, in 2008. ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. "Saymon Amanuel". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
2. "World 10k Bengaluru 2025: Olympic champ Joshua Cheptegei and Sarah Chelangat win elite titles". Olympics.com. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
3. Mills, Steven (1 June 2025). "Tual moves to second on European all-time 600m list with 1:14.01 in Nice". European Athletics. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
4. "Meeting Nikaia". World Athletics. 29 May 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
5. "Results - Stockholm Diamond League Bauhaus Galan 2025". Watch Athletics. 15 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
6. "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
7. "Battocletti wins on fourth try, Kipsang pips Kwizera in Atapuerca". World Athletics. 23 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
8. "Amanuel wins the race, Aouani takes the podium". oasport. 23 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.