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Ethiopian middle-distance runner
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Mohammed Aman Personal information Nationality Ethiopian Born (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 31) Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Weight 55 kg (121 lb) Sport Sport Track Event(s) 800 metres , 1000 metres Achievements and titles Personal best(s) 800 metres Brussels 2013) 1500 metres Mile
Medal record
Mohammed Aman Geleto (Amharic: መሀመድ አማን; born 10 January 1994) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner . Born in Asella , he is the winner of the 800-meter final at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow. Aman also won consecutive 800 m titles at the 2009 and 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships .
Running career
Aman was the inaugural winner of the 1000 metres race at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore. He won a silver medal in the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics , coming in secong behind Leonard Kirwa Kosencha who set a world youth record. He ran an Ethiopian record to win his semi-final heat at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics , but finished last in the event final.
In September he improved his Ethiopian record to 1:43.37 minutes (establishing the world youth best that remains today) behind David Rudisha at the Rieti Meeting , then ended Rudisha's 34-meet winning streak at the Notturna di Milano , beating him by seven hundredths of a second in a time of 1:43.50 minutes.
He won 800 m final in the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul as the youngest gold medalist athlete.
He finished 6th in the 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships held in London.
Competition record
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Ethiopia
2009
African Junior Championships
Bambous, Mauritius
1st
800 m
1:48.82
2010
Youth Olympic Games
Singapore
1st
1000 m
2:19.54
2011
African Junior Championships
Gaborone, Botswana
1st
800 m
1:46.62
World Youth Championships
Lille, France
2nd
800 m
1:44.68
World Championships
Daegu, South Korea
8th
800 m
1:45.93
2012
World Indoor Championships
Istanbul, Turkey
1st
800 m
1:48.36
Olympic Games
London, United Kingdom
6th
800 m
1:43.20
2013
World Championships
Moscow, Russia
1st
800 m
1:43.31
2014
World Indoor Championships
Sopot, Poland
1st
800 m
1:46.40
African Championships
Marrakech, Morocco
2nd
800 m
1:48.74
2015
World Championships
Beijing, China
—
800 m
DQ
2016
World Indoor Championships
Portland, United States
4th
800 m
1:47.97
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
18th (sf)
800 m
1:46.14
2017
World Championships
London, United Kingdom
6th
800 m
1:46:06
Personal best
References
^ All-Athletics. "Profile of Mohammed Aman" .
"Kosencha blazes 1:44.08 World Youth record in 800m" . Universal Sports . 9 July 2011."Kosencha blazes 1:44.08 World Youth best" . IAAF . 9 July 2011."David Rudisha suffers rare loss in 800m at Milan Notturna meet" . ESPN . 18 September 2011."800 Metres Men - Final" (PDF). 8 August 2017.
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Aman at the 2012 World Indoor Championships
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