Yenew Alamirew
 Alamirew at the 2012 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yenew Alamirew Getahun | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 May 1990 (age 34) Tilili, Amhara, Ethiopia | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yenew Alamirew Getahun (born 27 May 1990 in Tilili, Amhara)[1] is an Ethiopian middle and long-distance runner. He represented his country at the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as two indoor and one outdoor World Championships.
Yenew was the 2013 Diamond League winner for the 5000 metres. His two younger brothers Yibel and Engida are also runners.
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Ethiopia
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| 2011 | All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | 2nd | 5000 m | 13:43.33 |
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 9th | 3000 m | 7:45.15 |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 12th | 5000 m | 13:49.68 | |
| 2013 | World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 9th | 5000 m | 13:31.27 |
| 2014 | African Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | 5th | 5000 m | 13:45.86 |
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 12th | 3000 m | 8:12.54 |
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yenew Alamirew". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
External links
[edit]- Yenew Alamirew at World Athletics
- Yenew Alamirew at Diamond League
- Yenew Alamirew at Olympics.com
- Yenew Alamirew at Olympic.org (archived)
- Yenew Alamirew at Olympedia
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- Ethiopian male long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Ethiopia
- African Games silver medalists for Ethiopia
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games
- People from Amhara Region
- Diamond League winners
- 21st-century Ethiopian people
- Ethiopian athletics biography stubs