Abrham Sime Explained

Abrham Sime
Birth Date:7 November 2001
Sport:Athletics
Event:3000 metres steeplechase
Pb:3000m Steeplechase: 8:02.36 (Paris 2024)

Abrham Sime (born 7 November 2001) is an Ethiopian steeplechase runner.[1]

Career

Some won the men's 2000m steeplechase in the Youth Olympic Games 2018.[2] [3]

Sime was second in the 3000m steeplechase Ethiopian Olympic trials in June 2021 behind Bikila Tadese Takele with both men running personal bests, Sime ran 8:12:11 to secure his qualification for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and was chosen in the Ethiopian squad.[4] [5] However, Sime did not compete.[6]

He ran a new personal best of 8:10.73 at the Paris Diamond League event in June 2023, in the same race that his compatriot Lamecha Girma broke the world record in the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase.[7] He ran a new personal best in July 2023 at the Diamond League event in Monaco, running 8:10.56 to finish third behind winner Simon Koech.[8]

He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. [9]

In 2024, Sime set a new PB of 8:02.36 at the Meeting de Paris, holding off the fast-finishing Amos Serem to win. [10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Abrham SIME | Profile. worldathletics.org.
  2. Web site: Athletics - Abrham Sime (Ethiopia). www.the-sports.org.
  3. Web site: Olympedia – Abrham Sime. www.olympedia.org.
  4. Web site: Ethiopia selects 34 athletes for Tokyo | NEWS | World Athletics.
  5. Web site: 2021 Ethiopian Olympic Trials: Gudaf Tsegay (14:13) & Getnet Wale (12:53) Among Six World-Leading Times as New Stars Emerge. June 8, 2021. LetsRun.com.
  6. Web site: Abrham Sime . Tokyo2020.org . . 6 August 2021 . 6 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210806122813/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1781707-abrham-sime-tufa.htm . dead .
  7. Web site: Results:Meeting de Paris 2023. Watch Athletics. 9 June 2023. 10 June 2023.
  8. Web site: Men's 3000m Steeplechase Monaco 21 July 2023. Watchathletics.com. 22 July 2023. 21 July 2023.
  9. Web site: Men's 3000m Steeplechase Results: World Athletics Championships 2023. Watch Athletics. 22 August 2023. 22 August 2023.
  10. Web site: Paris Diamond League Takeaways: Faith Kipyegon, Yaroslava Mahuchikh Shatter World Records. Citius Mag. Hof-Mahoney. Paul. July 7, 2024. July 8, 2024.

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