Merihun Crespi (born 15 December 1988) is a born
Ethiopian
Ethiopians are the native inhabitants of Ethiopia, as well as the global diaspora of Ethiopia. Ethiopians constitute several component ethnic groups, many of which are closely related to ethnic groups in neighboring Eritrea and other parts of ...
male Italian
long-distance runner who won three times his
country's senior national championship and an individual bronze medal at the
European Athletics U20 Championships
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.
Biography
Born in
Blaten,
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
, adopted when he was 3 by Italian family.
In 2009 he was ''
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Decanation in
Paris
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(7th) and since 2010 he is part of the team trained by
Giorgio Rondelli at the XXV Aprile field in
Milan
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. He graduated from the ''Liceo Scientifico-Tecnologico'', he loves music and reading: among all the champions he chooses
Paul Tergat
Paul Kibii Tergat (born 17 June 1969) is a Kenyan former professional long distance runner. He became the first Kenyan man to set the world record in the marathon in 2003, with a time of 2:04:55, and is regarded as one of the most accomplished l ...
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Achievements
National titles
He won three national championships at individual senior level.Italian Athletics Championships
The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera.
The first edition, four races only, w ...
** 1500 metres: 2011, 2013
* Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
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** 1500 metres
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: 2012
See also
* Naturalized athletes of Italy
References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
Italian male middle-distance runners
Naturalised citizens of Italy
Athletics competitors of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito