Ibrahim Jeilan
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Born | Bale Province, Ethiopia | 11 June 1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | Team Honda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ibrahim Jeilan Gashu (
After winning silver at the
After an underwhelming 2007 season he scored greater success in 2008, becoming the 2008 World Junior Cross Country Champion and then taking the 10,000 m silver at the African Championships. He also won the long-running Giro di Castelbuono road race in Italy. He failed to continue this form the following year and ran only a handful of major races, including the Beach to Beacon 10K.
He is currently based on Saitama, Japan and coached by Kiyoshi Akimoto.[2]
Career
Early life and junior career
A native of the
In January 2007, he helped his club (Muger Cement Sports Club) to second place at the Ethiopian Marathon Relay Championships,
He returned to good form in 2008: he won the national junior cross country title but remarked (in reference to his poor 2007) "I had some personal problems which I do not want to speak about. The problems still exist but I hope they can be solved".[15][16] At the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships he dispelled the memory of his previous year by becoming the world junior champion, using a combination of tactics and fast finishing to win the race.[17] This completed an Ethiopian sweep of all four titles at the championship.[18] The withdrawal of Kenenisa Bekele from the 2008 African Championships in Athletics left a berth which Ibrahim filled. He formed part of a three-man Ethiopian sweep of the medals, taking the silver behind Gebregziabher Gebremariam.[19]
He started well on the circuit, managing fourth at the FBK Games then finishing as runner-up at the
2009-Present
His 2009 was low-key – moving beyond the junior ranks, he competed at no major championships. In June he was 14th at the FBK Games,
In his sole outing over 10,000 m in 2010 he ran 27:12.43 minutes – the sixth fastest that year.[29] At the beginning of 2011 he won his stage of the New Year Ekiden.[30] A 10,000 m run in 27:09.02 minutes saw him gain selection for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu. Ibrahim caused an upset in the 10,000 m final by overhauling Mo Farah in the final stages of the race to win the gold medal. Farah had been undefeated up until that point that year while Ibrahim had come from relative obscurity, having competed only in Japan for almost two years. Runner-up Farah said "I didn't have a clue about the guy. I hadn't seen him, so I didn't know what he could do or what he was capable of."[29] Ibrahim was Ethiopia's only athlete to finish in the top two of an event at that year's championships. He closed the year with another 10,000 m gold medal at the 2011 All-Africa Games.[31]
He could not build upon his form in 2012 as he was ruled out for the entire season and missed the 2012 Summer Olympics, where his rival Farah won a long-distance double.[32] He returned to action at the Great Ireland Run, where he finished third.[33]
Jeilan returned in time for the 2013 World Championships, this time winning the silver medal behind Farah.
In 2014, Jeilan took his first attempt at longer distances in a major race, running the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon in 1:01:47, to finish tenth overall.[34]
Personal bests
Event | Time (m:s) | Venue | Date |
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5000 m |
13:09.38 | Huelva, Spain |
20 June 2006 |
10,000 m |
27:02.81 | Brussels, Belgium |
25 August 2006 |
10 km (road) |
28:20 | Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States | 1 August 2009 |
Half Marathon (road) |
1:01:47 | Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) | 14 February 2014 |
- All information taken from IAAF profile.
References
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- ^ Van Damme Memorial 2008. The-sports.org. Retrieved on 2010-08-12.
- ^ Fuchs, Carole (2010-01-04). São Silvestre de Luanda 15 km. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-08-12.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-12.
- IAAF(2010-03-13). Retrieved on 2010-08-12.
- ^ Muge Repeats in Men’s Race; Ben True and Sheri Piers Shatter Maine Records at 12th TD Banknorth Beach to Beacon 10K Archived 2010-03-17 at the Wayback Machine. Beach to Beacon (2009-08-01). Retrieved on 2010-08-12.
- ^ a b c Monti, David (2011-08-29). Jeilan - an unusual path to World Championships gold. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-26.
- ^ Nakamura, Ken (2011-01-01). Toyota takes first New Year Ekiden title. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-26.
- ^ Makori, Elias (2011-09-15). From Daegu to Maputo, Jeylan and Montsho rule! - All Africa Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-03-26.
- ^ 2011 World champion Jeilan continues his comeback in Dublin. IAAF (2013-03-26). Retrieved on 2013-03-26.
- ^ Martin, David (2013-04-14). Bekele retains title, Howarth takes honours in Dublin. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-04-18.
- ^ "RAK Half Marathon 2014 Results - Premier Timing - Timing Technology for Active Sports". www.premiertiming.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.