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Biniam Mehary (born 20 December 2006) is an Ethiopian middle and long-distance runner. In February 2024, he set a new under-20 world record in the 1500 metres indoors.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Ethiopian |
| Born | 20 December 2006 Freweyni, Tigray Region, Ethiopia |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 1500 metres, 3000 metres |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 1500 m (short track): 3:34.83 (Torun, 2024) WU20R 3000m (short track): 7:33.04 (Lievin, 2024) 5000m 12:54.10 (Los Angeles, 2024) 10,000 m: 26:37.93 (Nerja, 2024) WU20R 5km (road): 13.04 (Al Khobar, 2023) |
Mehary competed in Toruń at the Copernicus Cup in February 2024 as a 17 year-old, he set a new under-20 world record in the 1500 metres of 3:34.83 beating the record set had been set by Jakob Ingebrigtsen in 2019.[2][3] He then ran 7:33.04 to finish second in the 3000m at the 2024 Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais in Lievin.[4][5]
He was selected to run for Ethiopia at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow in the 1500m.[6] He qualified for the final before finishing in ninth place overall.[7]
He finished second at the 2024 Diamond League Shanghai over 5000 metres in a personal best time of 12:56.37.[8][9] He set a new outdoors personal best over 5000m running 12:54.10 at the Los Angeles Grand Prix on 17 May 2024.[10]
On 14 June 2024, Mehary competed in the Ethiopian Olympic 10,000m trials in Nerja, Spain. In one of the highest quality 10,000m races ever, four men finished inside 26:40 and six men finished inside 26:50 for the first time. Even though then 17-year-old Biniam Mehary did not qualify to compete in the Paris Olympic Games, he placed fourth in a world U20 record of 26:37.93, taking four seconds off the previous mark set 19 years ago by the late Samuel Wanjiru.[11] He was later included in the Ethiopian team for the 2024 Paris Olympics replacing Yomif Kejelcha, where he placed sixth in the 5000m final.[12][13]
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