Ghirmay Ghebreslassie

Not to be confused with Haile Gebrselassie.
Ghirmay Ghebreslassie
Personal information
Nationality Eritrean
Born (1995-11-14) 14 November 1995
Sport
Country  Eritrea
Sport Track and field
Event(s) Marathon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) Marathon: 2:07:47
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Eritrea
World Championships
2015 Beijing Marathon

Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (born 14 November 1995) is an Eritrean long distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He won the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. He is the youngest winner of the marathon at the World Championships.[1][2]

Running career

Ghebreslassie placed 7th at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships Junior men's race in Bydgoszcz, Poland.[3] Ghebreslassie also placed 7th at the 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships senior men's race in Copenhagen, Denmark.[3] Eritrea won the team competiton but Ghebrelassie was not counted in because he was fourth best of the Eritreans.

On 22 August 2015 Ghebreslassie placed 1st winning the gold medal in the senior men's marathon race at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics competition held in Beijing, China. Ghebreslassie, at 19-years of age, became the youngest ever world marathon winner.[2] In the race he took lead from Lesotho's Tsepo Ramonene Mathibelle at 36km and 1:52 followed by Ethiopian Yemane Tsegay. Ghebreslassie and Tsegay shared lead for a while until at 2:02 Ghebreslassie started to take clear lead and finished first at 2hr 12min 28sec. The race was done in clear conditions and temperatures around 27 degrees Celsius.

Personal bests[4]
Race Time Place Date
10,000 Metres 28:33.37 Hengelo (Blankers-Koen Stadion) 27 May 2012
10 Kilometres 28:21 Gothenburg 18 May 2014
15 Kilometres 42:43 Gothenburg 18 May 2014
20 Kilometres 57:07 Copenhagen 29 March 2014
Half Marathon 1:00:09 Paderborn 30 March 2013
25 Kilometres 1:13:42 Chicago 12 October 2014
30 Kilometres 1:28:46 Chicago 12 October 2014
Marathon 2:07:47 Hamburg 26 April 2015

References

  1. ↑ "Ghirmay Ghebreslassie makes marathon history in Beijing". BBC. August 22, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Phillips, Luke (August 22, 2015). "Unheralded Eritrean teen bags first gold of athletics worlds". Business Insider. AFP. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "IAAF: Athlete profile for Ghirmay Ghebreslassie". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  4. ↑ "IAAF: Athlete profile for Ghirmay Ghebreslassie". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2015-08-28.

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