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Abrham Sime

Abrham Sime
Sime in 2022
Personal information
Born (2001-11-07) 7 November 2001 (age 23)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event3000 metres steeplechase
Achievements and titles
Personal best3000m Steeplechase: 8:02.36 (Paris 2024)
Medal record
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires 2000 m steeplechase

Abrham Sime (born 7 November 2001) is an Ethiopian steeplechase runner.[1]

Career

Sime won the men's 2000m steeplechase at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.[2][3]

In 2021, Sime was second in the 3000m steeplechase Ethiopian Olympic trials in behind Bikila Tadese Takele with both men running personal bests, Sime ran 8:12:11 to secure his qualification for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and was chosen in the Ethiopian squad.[4][5] However, Sime did not compete.[6]

He ran a new personal best of 8:10.73 at the Paris Diamond League event in June 2023, in the same race that his compatriot Lamecha Girma broke the world record in the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase.[7] He ran a new personal best in July 2023 at the Diamond League event in Monaco, running 8:10.56 to finish third behind winner Simon Koech.[8]

He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. [9]

In 2024, Sime set a new PB of 8:02.36 at the Meeting de Paris, holding off the fast-finishing Amos Serem to win.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Abrham SIME | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. ^ "Athletics - Abrham Sime (Ethiopia)". www.the-sports.org.
  3. ^ "Olympedia – Abrham Sime". www.olympedia.org.
  4. ^ "Ethiopia selects 34 athletes for Tokyo | NEWS | World Athletics".
  5. ^ "2021 Ethiopian Olympic Trials: Gudaf Tsegay (14:13) & Getnet Wale (12:53) Among Six World-Leading Times as New Stars Emerge". LetsRun.com. 8 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Abrham Sime". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Results:Meeting de Paris 2023". Watch Athletics. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Men's 3000m Steeplechase Monaco 21 July 2023". Watchathletics.com. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Men's 3000m Steeplechase Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  10. ^ Hof-Mahoney, Paul (7 July 2024). "Paris Diamond League Takeaways: Faith Kipyegon, Yaroslava Mahuchikh Shatter World Records". Citius Mag. Retrieved 8 July 2024.


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