Hagos Gebrhiwet Berhe ( ti, ሓጎስ ገብረሂወት, born 11 May 1994) is an Ethiopian

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and the former World Junior Record holder in the 5000 meters (12:47:53).

Early life

Born in the

Tigray Region The Tigray Region, officially the Tigray National Regional State, is the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia. The Tigray Region is the homeland of the Tigrayan, Irob, and Kunama people. Its capital and largest city is Mekelle. Tigray is ...

, he took up running seriously in 2010. He came sixth in the

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at the 2011 Ethiopian National Championships and was selected to run the

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at that year's World Youth Championships, where he finished fifth with a time of 7:45.11 minutes.Gebrhiwet Hagos
IAAF. Retrieved on 20 May 2012. Hagos noted that his first national selection had helped him develop his running and he went on to win the junior title at the Ethiopian Club's Cross Country, competing for Mesfin Engineering.

Early career

His first major win came soon after, as he took the title at the

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10 km race in Spain. He defeated Spain's top distance runners and edged

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at the line in a personal best time of 27:57 minutes.

Career accomplishments

He came fourth in the junior section of the

2012 African Cross Country Championships The 2nd African Cross Country Championships was an international cross country running competition for African athletes which was held on 18 March 2012 in Cape Town's Keurboom Park in South Africa. Organised by the Confederation of African Athleti ...

. Hagos made his debut on American soil at the

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, taking fourth place in a best of 7:44.08 minutes for the 3000 m.Johnson, Len (19 May 2012)
Gebrhiwot makes a big splash in Shanghai – Samsung Diamond League
IAAF. Retrieved on 20 May 2012. Still 17 years old, he was runner-up to World medallist

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at the

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. His time of 13:14 minutes was the fastest 5K road time ever for a junior athlete. He entered his first 5000 m

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event at the

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in May and upset the field by winning in wet conditions, setting a meet record time of 13:11.00 minutes and beating athletes including

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and

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. He performed well on the major circuit, coming runner-up at the

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, then setting a 5000 m world junior record of 12:47.53 minutes as runner-up at the

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. He was selected for the Ethiopian Olympic team and came eleventh in the 5000 m Olympic final.Hagos Gebrhiwet
sports-reference.com He ended the year with a win at the

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in Addis Ababa.Negash, Elshadai (26 November 2012)
Gebrhiwet and Kebede take Addis Ababa 10-K wins
IAAF. Retrieved on 14 February 2013. In February 2013, he set a new junior world record in the 3000 m by winning the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, beating

and

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with a time of 7:32.87. In March 2013 he won the junior world cross country title in

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. At the

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in Moscow, Gebriwhet won the silver medal in the 5000 m. He leaned at the finish line to beat Kenyan Isaiah Koech, and both were timed at 13:27.26. In March 2014, Gebrhiwet finished fifth in the 3000 m at the

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in a time of 7:56.34.

Major competition record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gebrhiwet, Hagos Living people 1994 births Ethiopian male long-distance runners Sportspeople from Tigray Region Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Ethiopia World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia World Athletics Championships medalists Olympic bronze medalists for Ethiopia Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic male long-distance runners Diamond League winners 20th-century Ethiopian people 21st-century Ethiopian people