Filimon Abraham
| File:2022-08-21 European Championships 2022 – Men's 10,000 Metres by Sandro Halank–088.jpg Filimon Abraham at the Men's 10,000 Meters race at the 2022 European Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | German |
| Born | 9 November 1992 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Long-distance running |
Medal record | |
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Filimon Abraham (born 9 November 1992) is a German long distance runner. He won a bronze medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]In October 2021, he ran for Germany and won the Nations Cup of the World Mountain Running Association (WMRA) in Chiavenna, Italy.[2]
In December 2022, he finished fifth at the 2022 European Cross Country Championships in Turin.[3]
In March 2023, he ran 2:08:22 at the Barcelona Marathon, finishing in tenth place and placing himself second overall on the German all-time list. It was his first completed marathon after he failed to finish in his two previous marathon races in Hamburg and Frankfurt in 2022.[4] He finished ninth at the 2023 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships in Innsbruck in 2023.[5]
He won a bronze medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the Men's half marathon team event. In the individual race he placed 22nd.[6]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]As a refugee escaping Eritrea's authoritarian dictatorship under Isaias Afwerki, he came to Germany in 2014 and became based in Traunstein where he trained as an electrician.[7]
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