Lemlem Hailu (
Amharic
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: ለምለም ኃይሉ; born 21 May 2001)
is an Ethiopian
middle- and
long-distance runner
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Within e ...
. She won the gold medal in the
3000 metres
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at the
2022 World Indoor Championships. Hailu earned bronze in the
1500 metres
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at the
2019 African Games
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Bidding process
The 12th ...
.
At age 16, she was the 1500 m
2017 World Youth champion to take a bronze in the event at the
Youth Olympic Games
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a year later. She represented Ethiopia in the women's 1500 m at the
2019 World Championships and
2020 Tokyo Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
. Hailu holds the
world junior indoor record in the event.
Career
At age 16, Lemlem Hailu gained first international experience at the
2017 World Youth Championships in
Nairobi
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, where she won the
1500 metres
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event. A year later, she took gold over the distance at the
African Youth Games
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held in
Algiers
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and went to Argentina for
Youth Olympic Games
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in
Buenos Aires
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, where she earned bronze in a
combined 1500m event.
In 2019, she captured the bronze medal for the 1500m at the
African Games
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.
Hailu represented Ethiopia in the event at the
2019 World Championships in Doha, reaching the
semi-finals
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.
In February 2020, she set a world under-20 record for the indoor 1500 metres with a time of 4:01.79, breaking by 0.02 s previous mark set by her compatriot
Gudaf Tsegay
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in 2016. The same month, Hailu improved her record to 4m 1.57s, which was her fourth personal best achieved within three weeks. In October, she won the 1500m race at the
Kip Keino Classic
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.
In 2021, Hailu secured an overall 3000m
World Indoor Tour victory, winning two top-level meets. She won the event at the
Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais
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in
Liévin
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Overview
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, and the
Copernicus Cup
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in
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At the delayed
2020 Tokyo Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
, Hailu was eliminated in the semi-finals of the
1500m event.
The next year, Hailu became the 3000m
World indoor champion in
Belgrade
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with a season's best of
8:41.82.
Elle Purrier St. Pierre
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won silver in 8:42.04 while Hailu's compatriot
Ejgayehu Taye
Ejgayehu Taye (born 10 February 2000) is an Ethiopian Olympic long-distance runner. She won the bronze medal for the 3000 metres at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. Taye is the current world record holder in the 5 km road race.
Caree ...
was third in 8:42.23.
Achievements
International competitions
Circuit wins, and National titles
*
World Athletics Indoor Tour
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3000 m overall winner:
2021
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,
2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
** Croatia will adopt the eu ...
**
2021
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(3000 m):
Liévin Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais,
Toruń Copernicus Cup
**
2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
** Croatia will adopt the eu ...
(3000 m):
Karlsruhe Init Indoor Meeting
*
World Athletics Continental Tour
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**
2020
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(1500 m):
Nairobi Kip Keino Classic
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Ethiopian Athletics Championships
The Ethiopian Athletics Championships is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Ethiopian Athletics Federation, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Ethiopia. The competition was first held in 1971.
**
1500 metres
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: 2019, 2021
Personal bests
*
1500 metres
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– 4:00.32 (
Castellón 2022)
** 1500 metres indoor – 4:01.57 (
Liévin
Liévin (; pcd, Lévin; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The inhabitants are called ''Liévinois''.
Overview
The town of Liévin is an old mining area of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this town is of modest size but ...
2020)
World U20 record
*
3000 metres
The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track.
It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...
– 8:34.03 (
Doha
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2019)
** 3000 metres indoor – 8:29.28 (
Madrid
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2021)
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5000 metres
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– 14:34.54 (
Paris
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2023)
;Road
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Half marathon
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– 1:08:50 (
New Delhi
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2022)
References
External links
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Ethiopian female middle-distance runners
2001 births
Living people
World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
African Games bronze medalists for Ethiopia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 African Youth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
World Youth Championships in Athletics winners
Ethiopian Athletics Championships winners
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Ethiopia
World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
21st-century Ethiopian women
21st-century Ethiopian people