Hailu Mekonnen
Medal record | ||
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Men's athletics
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Representing Ethiopia | ||
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
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1999 Belfast | Short race | |
2002 Dublin | Short race | |
All-Africa Games
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1999 Johannesburg | 1500 m | |
2003 Abuja | 5000 m | |
Afro-Asian Games | ||
2003 Hyderabad | 5000 m |
Hailu Mekonnen (born April 4, 1980 in
His first medals came in 1998, when he took
Mekkonen attended the 1999 and 2001
Career
Mekonnen came to prominence at the age of eighteen with a silver medal performance in the 5000 m at the
Competing at his first
At the
He won the Montferland Run 15 km in 2005.
From 2008 onwards, he began to focus more on road running competitions. After a long absence from major international competition, he signed up for the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.[9] However, he failed to finish the race. He finished second at the Great Scottish Run behind Jason Mbote in late 2009.[10] The following year, he took eighth place at the 2010 Paris Marathon and even though he fell over midway through the race, he recovered to set a personal best of 2:09:01.[11] Further improvement came at the Amsterdam Marathon where, despite finishing in fifth, he ran almost a minute and a half faster than his previous best by completing the race in 2:07:37.[12]
He cut another two seconds off his best with his winning time at the 2011 Tokyo Marathon in February.[13] He was runner-up at the Montferland Run that year, being beaten to the title by Philip Langat.[14] He returned to defend his title at the 2012 Tokyo Marathon, but could manage only eighth place on that occasion.[15] on September 22, 2012 he won the heng shui marathon in 2:08.05
Personal bests
- 1500 metres - 3:33.14 (2000)
- One mile - 3:53.40 (2000)
- 3000 metres - 7:30.53 (2001)
- 5000 metres - 12:58.57 (2001)
- 10,000 metres - 28:01.10 (2002)
- Half marathon - 1:01:29 (2009)
- Marathon - 2:07:35 (2011)
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Ethiopia | |||||
1998 | World Cross Country Championships | Marrakech , Morocco
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3rd | Junior race (8 km) | 22:51 |
1st | Junior team competition | 16 pts | |||
World Junior Championships | Annecy, France | 5th | 5000 m | 14:06.30 | |
African Championships | Dakar, Senegal | 2nd | 5000 m | 13:38.19 | |
1999 | World Cross Country Championships | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 3rd | Short race (4.236 km) | 12:35 |
3rd | Team competition | 55 pts | |||
1st | Junior race (8.012 km) | 25:38 | |||
2nd | Junior team competition | 24 pts | |||
World Championships | Seville, Spain | 7th | 5000 m | 13:18.97 | |
All-Africa Games | Johannesburg, South Africa | 1st | 1500 m | 3:39.73 | |
2000 | World Cross Country Championships | Vilamoura, Portugal | 6th | Short race (4.18 km) | 11:27 |
2nd | Team competition | 46 pts | |||
Summer Olympics | Sydney, Australia | 7th (semis) | 1500 m | 3:40.92 | |
2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 7th | 1500 m | 3:52.72 |
World Cross Country Championships | Ostend, Belgium | 10th | Short race (4.1 km) | 13:03 | |
2nd | Team competition | 51 pts | |||
World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 8th | 5000 m | 13:20.24 | |
Goodwill Games | Brisbane, Australia | 4th | 5000 m | 15:26.70 | |
2002 | World Cross Country Championships | Dublin, Ireland | 3rd | Short race (4.208 km) | 12:20 |
2nd | Team competition | 32 pts | |||
2003 | All-Africa Games | Abuja, Nigeria | 2nd | 5000 m | 13:26.73 |
Afro-Asian Games | Hyderabad, India
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1st | 5000 m | 13:49.08 | |
2009 | World Half Marathon Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | — | Half marathon | DNF |
2010 | Barcelona Marathon | Barcelona, Spain | 9th | Marathon | 2:12:36 |
Paris Marathon | Paris, France | 8th | Marathon | 2:09:01 | |
Amsterdam Marathon | The Netherlands
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5th | Marathon | 2:07:37 | |
2011 | Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | Marathon | 2:07:35 |
2012 | Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 8th | Marathon | 2:09:59 |
Hengshui Lake International Marathon | Hengshui, China | 1st | Marathon | 2:08:07 | |
2013 | Dubai Marathon | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 23rd | Marathon | 2:15:22 |
2014 | Mumbai Marathon | Mumbai, India | 8th | Marathon | 2:12:17 |
2015 | Tiberias Marathon | Sea of Galilee, Israel | 1st | Marathon | 2:12:32 |
References
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-11.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-11.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-11.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-11.
- IAAF(2001-09-06). Retrieved on 2010-04-11.
- IAAF(2002-12-11). Retrieved on 2010-04-11.
- IAAF(2003-10-16). Retrieved on 2010-04-11.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-11.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-11.
- ^ Glasgow 2009 race results Archived 2012-10-12 at the Wayback Machine. Run Glasgow. Retrieved on 2010-04-11.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-04-11.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-10-20.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-27.
- ^ van Hemert, Wim (2011-12-04). Langat and Afework the big winners in 's Heerenberg. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-12-04.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-27.