Mekonnen Gebremedhin Woldegiorg ( am, መኮንን ገብረመድኅን; born 11 October 1988, in Addis Ababa) is an Ethiopian middle distance runner, who specializes in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

. He is known for consistently placing close to the top three in each Diamond League competition he makes an appearance in. Gebremedhin finished sixth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, fourth at the

2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was held between 12 and 14 March at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar. The championships was the first of six IAAF World Athletics Series events to take place in 2010. Bidding and organisation Th ...

and third at the

2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the 14th edition of the global-level indoor track and field competition and was held between March 9–11, 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the first of four ...

. His personal best time is 3:31.57, achieved in 2010 in Berlin. He is the

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

list from the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey.

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor * 800 metres – 1:46.63 (Madrid 2012) *

– 3:31.45 (Hengelo 2012) *

One mile The mile run (1,760 yards or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance foot race. The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived track and field's switch to ...

– 3:49.70 (Eugene 2011) *

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 ...

– 7:41.42 (Milan 2011) *

3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, a ...

– 8:59.06 (Kawasaki 2012) Indoor *

– 3:34.89 (Birmingham 2012) *

– 7:41.59 (Ghent 2013)

External links

International Association of Athletics Federation (iaaf)All Athletics
1988 births Living people Ethiopian male middle-distance runners Ethiopian male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Athletes from Addis Ababa World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia African Games gold medalists for Ethiopia African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub