Jemal Yimer Mekonnen
| File:Jemal Yimer Mekkonen of Ethiopia at the 2018 African Championships (cropped).jpg Yimer at the 2018 African Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jemal Yimer Mekonnen |
| Nationality | Ethiopian |
| Born | 11 September 1996 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Long-distance running |
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Jemal Yimer Mekonnen (born 11 September 1996)[1] is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.
He placed fourth at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, and finished fifth at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres.[2]
Yimer won the 10,000 m title at the 2018 African Athletics Championships in Asaba, Nigeria,[3] and placed third in the event at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.[1]
He finished third at the 2021 Boston Marathon with a time of 2:10:38.[4]
Yimer is a two time winner of the Clearer Water Antrim Coast Half Marathon, with victories in the 2021 and 2022 editions of the race, with times of 1:00:30 and 59:04 respectively. [5]
Personal bests
[edit | edit source]- 10,000 metres – 26:54.39 (Hengelo 2019)
- 10 kilometres – 27:50 (Atlanta, GA 2022)
- Half marathon – 58:33 (Valencia 2018) NR
- Marathon – 2:06:08 (Seoul 2024)
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External links
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Ethiopian men long-distance runners
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
- African Games bronze medalists for Ethiopia
- African Games bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Games athletes for Ethiopia
- African Championships in Athletics winners
- 21st-century Ethiopian sportsmen
- Ethiopian sportspeople stubs