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.

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Mohammed Aman

Aman at the 2012 World Indoor Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Ethiopian
Born	(1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 30)
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 1:42.37 (Brussels 2013)[1] 1500 metres: 3:43.52[1] Mile: 3:57.14[1]
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Ethiopia World Championships 2013 Moscow 800 m World Indoor Championships 2012 Istanbul 800 m 2014 Sopot 800 m African Championships 2014 Marrakech 800 m African Junior Championships 2009 Bambous 800 m 2011 Gaborone 800 m Summer Youth Olympics 2010 Singapore 1000 m World Youth Championships 2011 Lille Métropole 800 m Representing Africa Continental Cup 2014 Marrakech 800 m

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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.^[2][3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]