Dejen Gebremeskel

Ethiopian long-distance runner Dejen GebremeskelGebremeskel in 2012Personal informationNationalityEthiopianBorn (1989-11-24) 24 November 1989 (age 36)Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)Weight58 kg (128 lb)SportCountry EthiopiaSportTrack and fieldEvents3000 m, 5000 m Medal record Representing Ethiopia Olympic Games 2012 London 5000 m World Championships 2011 Daegu 5000 m World Indoor Championships 2014 Sopot 3000 m Dejen Gebremeskel (Amharic: ደጀን ገብረመስቀል; born 24 November 1989) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who primarily competes in track events. His personal best of 12:46.81 minutes for the 5,000 metres ranks him as the fifteenth fastest of all time for the distance. He was the 5,000 m silver medallist at the 2012 London Olympics and took the bronze medal over that distance at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. He won his first track medals as a junior, coming in second at the African Junior Athletics Championships, then taking the bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He was a finalist at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2010 and 2012. He is a five-time winner of the Carlsbad 5000. Career Junior career Dejen Gebremeskel gr