Berihu Aregawi (born 28 February 2001) is an Ethiopian

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. He placed fourth in the

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at the

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. Aregawi currently holds world record in the 5 kilometres road race.

Career

Berihu Aregawi was the bronze medalist in the

at the 2018 World U20 Championships in Tampere behind

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and Jacob Kiplimo. He won the

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race at the

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. He then went to Argentina for the

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held in Buenos Aires and placed second in the combined 3000m event. In November 2019, Aregawi won the Great Ethiopian Run ( 10 kilometres road race). On 8 June 2021, he finished third in the Ethiopian trial behind Selemon Barega and Yomif Kejelcha in the 10,000m to effectively seal his place at the delayed

. Aregawi finished fourth on his Olympic debut in the 10,000 metres race, behind his compatriot Selemon Barega, who won gold. On 31 December 2021, Aregawi set a world record in the 5 km run at the Cursa dels Nassos 5K in Barcelona in a time of 12 minutes 49 seconds, improving previous mark of Joshua Cheptegei by 2 seconds. He had 38 second margin of victory. At the 2022 World Indoor Championships in

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, he was eliminated in the heats of the 3000m event.

Achievements

International competitions

Circuit wins and titles, and National championships

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champion 5000 metres:

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: Zürich Weltklasse * Ethiopian Championships **

: 2021

Personal bests

– 7:26.81 ( Monaco 2022) ** 3000 metres indoor – 7:26.20 ( Karlsruhe 2022) *

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– 12:50.05 (

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2022) *

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– 26:46.13 ( Hengelo 2022) ;Road * 5 km - 12:49 ( Barcelona 2021) World record * 10 km - 28:23 (

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2019)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aregawi, Berihu 2001 births Living people Ethiopian male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 African Youth Games Olympic athletes of Ethiopia Diamond League winners 21st-century Ethiopian people