Nationality Ethiopiam Height 1.67 m Name Hagos Gebrhiwet | Sport Long-distance running Country Ethiopia Weight 65 kg | |
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Born 11 May 1994 (age 29) ( 1994-05-11 ) Ts'a'ida Imba, Tigray Region, Ethiopia | ||
Moscow 2013 hagos gebrhiwet eth 5 000m men final silver
Hagos Gebrhiwet Berhe (Amharic: ሓጎስ ገብረሂወት?, born 11 May 1994) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and current World Junior Record holder in the 5000 meters (12:47:53).
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- Moscow 2013 hagos gebrhiwet eth 5 000m men final silver
- Early life
- Early career
- Career accomplishments
- References
Early life
Born in the Tigray Region, he took up running seriously in 2010. He came sixth in the 5000 metres at the 2011 Ethiopian National Championships and was selected to run the 3000 metres at that year's World Youth Championships, where he finished fifth with a time of 7:45.11 minutes. Hagos noted that his first national selection had helped him develop his running and he went on to win the junior title at the Ethiopian Club's Cross Country, competing for Mesfin Engineering.
Early career
His first major win came soon after, as he took the title at the San Silvestre Vallecana 10 km race in Spain. He defeated Spain's top distance runners and edged Teklemariam Medhin at the line in a personal best time of 27:57 minutes.
Career accomplishments
He came fourth in the junior section of the 2012 African Cross Country Championships. Hagos made his debut on American soil at the Boston Indoor Games, taking fourth place in a best of 7:44.08 minutes for the 3000 m. Still 17 years old, he was runner-up to World medallist Dejen Gebremeskel at the Carlsbad 5000. His time of 13:14 minutes was the fastest 5K road time ever for a junior athlete. He entered his first 5000 m Diamond League event at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix in May and upset the field by winning in wet conditions, setting a meet record time of 13:11.00 minutes and beating athletes including Kenenisa Bekele and Augustine Choge. He performed well on the major circuit, coming runner-up at the Bislett Games, then setting a 5000 m world junior record of 12:47.53 minutes as runner-up at the Meeting Areva. He was selected for the Ethiopian Olympic team and came eleventh in the 5000 m Olympic final. He ended the year with a win at the Great Ethiopian Run in Addis Ababa.
In February 2013, he set a new junior world record in the 3000 m by winning the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, beating Dejen Gebremeskel and Galen Rupp with a time of 7:32.87. In March 2013 he won the junior world cross country title in Bydgoszcz, Poland. At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Gebriwhet won the silver medal in the 5000 m. He leaned at the finish line to beat Kenyan Isaiah Koech, and both were timed at 13:27.26. In March 2014, Gebrhiwet finished fifth in the 3000 m at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in a time of 7:56.34.
