Deresse Mekonnen
 Mekonnen at the 2010 World Indoor Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | October 20, 1987 Sheno, Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 metres, Mile | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 1500 metres: 3:32.26[1] Mile: 3:48.95[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Deresse Mekonnen Tsigu (
2008 Beijing Olympics and holds the Ethiopian record for the mile run
.
Running career
Born in
2008 Beijing Olympics
, but he just missed a place in the 1500 m final as he was eliminated in the semi-finals.
The following year, he became the first Ethiopian to win the Dream Mile and he further improved his national mark in the process, running 3:48.95 minutes.[6] He also improved his 1500 m best to 3:32.18 minutes at the Herculis meeting in Monaco.[7] He entered the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin and reached the 1500 m final. He won the silver medal behind Yusuf Saad Kamel, becoming Ethiopia's first medallist in the event at the World Championships.[8] He competed in both the 1500 m and 3000 m at the season-closer 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final, but failed to medal in either event.[7]
His focus of the 2010 season was to retain his world title at the
Aviva Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham and improved his 1500 m indoor best to 3:33.10 – fifth on the all-time rankings.[9] At the World Indoor Championships Mekonnen held off a challenge from Abdalaati Iguider and became the first athlete since Hicham El Guerrouj to win back-to-back 1500 m titles indoors.[10] A stomach problem side-lined him for six months but on his return in January 2011 he broke Bernard Lagat's six-year-long win streak in the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games.[11]
Personal bests
Outdoors
- 1500 metres - 3:32.18 (2009)
- Mile - 3:48.95 (2009) - Ethiopian Record
- 3000 metres - 7:32.93 (2009)
- 5000 metres - 13:07.75 (2009)
Indoors
- 1500 metres - 3:33.10 (2010) - #5 All-Time
- Mile - 3:54.11 (2009)
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing Ethiopia
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| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan
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28th (h) | 1500 m | 3:43.15 |
| 2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain
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1st | 1500 m | 3:38.23
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| African Championships | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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4th | 1500 m | 3:44.19 | |
| Olympic Games | Beijing, China
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13th (sf) | 1500 m | 3:37.85 | |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany
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2nd | 1500 m | 3:36.01 |
| World Athletics Final | Thessaloniki, Greece | 8th | 1500 m | 3:37.51 | |
| 4th | 3000 m | 8:05.32 | |||
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar
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1st | 1500 m | 3:41.86 |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea
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11th (sf) | 1500 m | 3:44.65 |
References
- ^ a b All-Athletics. "Profile of Deresse Mekonnen". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ Deresse Mekonnen Archived 2011-01-25 at the Wayback Machine. Sports-Reference. Retrieved on 2011-01-29.
- IAAF. Archivedfrom the original on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
- IAAF. 8 March 2008. Archivedfrom the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-29.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-29.
- ^ a b Mekonnen Deresse Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-29.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-29.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-29.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-29.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-01-29.
External links
World Indoor Champions in men's 1500 metres | |
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