Abrham Sime
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 November 2001 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 3000 metres steeplechase |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 3000m Steeplechase: 8:10.56 (Monaco 2023) |
Abrham Sime (born 7 November 2001) is an Ethiopian track and field athlete who competes as a steeplechaser.[1]
Career[edit]
Some won the men's 2000m steeplechase in the Youth Olympic Games 2018.[2][3]
Sime was second in the 3000m steeplechase Ethiopian Olympic trials in June 2021 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.[4][5] However, Sime did not compete.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8]
He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. [9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Abrham SIME | Profile". worldathletics.org.
- ^ "Athletics - Abrham Sime (Ethiopia)". www.the-sports.org.
- ^ "Olympedia – Abrham Sime". www.olympedia.org.
- ^ "Ethiopia selects 34 athletes for Tokyo | NEWS | World Athletics".
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Results:Meeting de Paris 2023". Watch Athletics. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "Men's 3000m Steeplechase Monaco 21 July 2023". Watchathletics.com. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ "Men's 3000m Steeplechase Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 African Youth Games
- Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for Ethiopia
- Ethiopian male steeplechase runners
- 21st-century Ethiopian people
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