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Abrham Sime

Abrham Sime

Ethiopian athlete


Abrham Sime (born 7 November 2001) is an Ethiopian track and field athlete who competes as a steeplechaser.[1]

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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]


References

  1. "Abrham SIME | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. "Olympedia – Abrham Sime". www.olympedia.org.
  3. "Abrham Sime". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  4. "Results:Meeting de Paris 2023". Watch Athletics. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  5. "Men's 3000m Steeplechase Monaco 21 July 2023". Watchathletics.com. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  6. "Men's 3000m Steeplechase Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.



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