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| Nationality | Ethiopian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Tadese Takele Bikila 3 August 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Steeplechase | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tadese Takele Bikila (born 3 August 2002) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.
Takele won the Ethiopian Olympic Trial in June 2021 in the 3000m steeplechase, running a personal best of 8:09.37 to beat Abrham Sime and Hailemariyam Amare. [1] Later that month, he finished second behind Soufiane El Bakkali in steeplechase in the Diamond League meeting in Florence, running 8:10.56. [2] Competing at the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase he finished ninth in heat three. [3] At the 2023 Berlin Marathon he finished third with a time of 2:03:24, all-time world-best for U23 athletes. [4]
At the 2025 Tokyo Marathon, he finished first with a time of 2:03:23. [5] This was the fifth-fastest time ever recorded in the Tokyo Marathon.
