Abrham Sime (born 7 November 2001) is an Ethiopian

steeplechase Steeplechase may refer to: * Steeplechase (horse racing), a type of horse race in which participants are required to jump over obstacles * Steeplechase (athletics), an event in athletics that derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing ...

runner.

Career

Some won the men's 2000m

in the

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2018. Sime was second in the

3000m steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 metres, which derives its name from the h ...

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

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and was chosen in the Ethiopian squad. However, Sime did not compete. 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 Lamecha Girma (born 26 November 2000) is an Ethiopian athlete who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the event and won silver medals at the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships. L ...

broke the world record in the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase. He ran a new personal best in July 2023 at the Diamond League event in

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, running 8:10.56 to finish third behind winner Simon Koech. He competed in the

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at the

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in August 2023. In 2024, Sime set a new PB of 8:02.36 at the

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, holding off the fast-finishing Amos Serem to win.

References

2001 births Living people Place of birth missing (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 {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub