Adisu Girma
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| Nationality | Ethiopian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 December 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500m, 3000m, 5000m | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m 1:46.36 (Hengalo, 2019) 1500m: 3:34.71 (Bydgoszcz, 2023) 3000m: 7:45.47 (Paris, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
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Adisu Girma (born 10 December 1999) is an Ethiopian track and field athlete. He won the 800 metres at the 2019 Ethiopian Athletics Championships.[1]
Career
Adisu Girma won a bronze medal in the 800 metres at the 2017 African U20 Championships in Athletics in Tlemcen, Algeria.[2][3] The following year he finished fourth at the 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere in the 800 metres.[4] He won the 800 metres at the 2019 Ethiopian Athletics Championships.[5]
In January 2021 he won the Ethiopian Olympic trial competition over 800 metres in Addis Ababa.[6] Girma won the Barcelona 5 km road race on 31 December 2022.[7][8]
In 2023, he set a new personal best in the 1500m of 3:34.71 in Bydgoszcz on 6 June 2023.[9] Latter that month he also set a new 3000m personal best, clocking a time of 7:45.47 at the Diamond League event in Paris.[10] He was selected for the Ethiopia team for the 2023 World Athletics Championships.[11]
References
- ^ "A.Girma". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ "Ethiopia tops Medal table after day 2". Sport-olympic.gr. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Athlete delivers in incredible fashion: Cherotich completes Algeria double". Standard Media. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Tampere 2018: Lekuta Maintains Kenyan Hold On Men's 800m". Athletics.Africa. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Ethiopian championships, Addis-Ababa 7-12/05/2019". Africathle.com. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Olympic candidate trial competition, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) 16/01/2021". 16 January 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Adisu Girma wins the 5 km road to Barcelona". Newsinfrance. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ "Ethiopians Ejgayehu Taye and Adisu Girma victorious in Barcelona". Watch Athletics. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ "Results: Irena Szewinska Memorial 2023". World Athletics. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ "Full 2023 Paris Diamond League Results". World-Track. June 9, 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ "Entry List" (PDF). World Athletics. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
