Hailemariyam Amare Tegegn (born 22 February 1997) is an Ethiopian runner specialising in the

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. Hailemariyam placed 5th in the 2014 World Junior Championships. He represented his country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing finishing twelfth in the final. He won a bronze medal at the

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. He participated at the

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but failed to reach the final. In 2022, he set a personal best time of 8:06.29 to finish 3rd at the

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. Later that year, he won the 3000 metres steeplechase and 5000 metres at the

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. He competed at the

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, reaching the

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final and placing 10th. He was 8th at the 2022 Diamond League Final in Zurich.

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* 1997 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male steeplechase runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Ethiopia African Games bronze medalists for Ethiopia African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games African Championships in Athletics winners 20th-century Ethiopian people 21st-century Ethiopian people {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub