.jpg) Yimer at the 2018 African Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jemal Yimer Mekonnen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ethiopian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1996-09-11) 11 September 1996 (age 28) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jemal Yimer Mekonnen (born 11 September 1996) 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.
Yimer won the 10,000 m title at the 2018 African Athletics Championships in Asaba, Nigeria, and placed third in the event at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.
He finished third at the 2021 Boston Marathon with a time of 2:10:38.
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.
Personal bests
- 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)
References
- ^ "Jemal Yimer profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- "10,000 Metres Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF.
- "Yimer takes 10,000m crown as African Championships begin in Asaba". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- "Boston Marathon results: Updated list of 2021 winners from all six divisions". www.sportingnews.com. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
- "Yehualaw and Yimer clinch repeat Antrim Coast wins". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
External links
| African Champions in men's 10,000 metres | |
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Ethiopian male 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 medalists in athletics (track and field)
- African Championships in Athletics winners
- 21st-century Ethiopian sportsmen
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