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Ethiopian athlete

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.

Career

Sime won the men's 2000m steeplechase at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.

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. However, Sime did not compete.

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. 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.

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

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.

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.
Youth Olympic champions in athletics – boys' 2000 metre steeplechase
Bold: Olympic medalists in athletics


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