Tadese Takele Bikila (born 3 August 2002) is an Ethiopian athlete. He won the Ethiopian Olympic Trial in June 2021 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 ...

, running a personal best of 8:09:37 to beat

Abrham Sime Abrham Sime (born 7 November 2001) is an Ethiopian steeplechase runner. Career Some won the men's 2000m steeplechase in the Youth Olympic Games 2018. Sime was second in the 3000m steeplechase Ethiopian Olympic trials in June 2021 behind Bikila ...

and Hailemariyam Amare. Later that month he finished second behind Soufiane El Bakkali in steeplechase in the Diamond League meeting in Florence, running 8:10:56. Competing at the

Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July and 2 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. 45 athletes competed. Summary Kenya had won this event every time it participated in the Olympics sinc ...

he finished ninth in heat three.

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* * * 2002 births Living people Ethiopian male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Ethiopian people {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub