Tadese Takele | |
Birth Name: | Tadese Takele Bikila |
Nationality: | Ethiopian |
Sport: | Track and Field |
Event: | Steeplechase |
Birth Date: | 3 August 2002 |
Tadese Takele Bikila (born 3 August 2002) is an Ethiopian athlete.
He won the Ethiopian Olympic Trial in June 2021 in the 3000m steeplechase, running a personal best of 8:09.37 to beat Abrham Sime and Hailemariyam Amare.[1] Later that month he finished second behind Soufiane El Bakkali in steeplechase in the Diamond League meeting in Florence, running 8:10.56.[2] Competing at the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase he finished ninth in heat three.[3] At the 2023 Berlin Marathon he finished 3rd with a time of 2:03:24, all-time world best for U23 athletes.[4]