Adisu Girma
Ethiopian athlete
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Adisu Girma (born 10 December 1999) is an Ethiopian track and field athlete. He won the 800 metres at the 2019 Ethiopian Athletics Championships.[1]
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| Nationality | Ethiopian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 December 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 1500m, 3000m, 5000m | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m 1:46.36 (Hengalo, 2019) 1500m: 3:34.71 (Bydgoszcz, 2023) 3000m: 7:45.47 (Paris, 2023) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Adisu Girma won a bronze medal in the 800 metres at the 2017 African U20 Championships in Athletics in Tlemcen, Algeria.[2][3] The following year he finished fourth at the 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere in the 800 metres.[4] He won the 800 metres at the 2019 Ethiopian Athletics Championships.[5]
In January 2021 he won the Ethiopian Olympic trial competition over 800 metres in Addis Ababa.[6] Girma won the Barcelona 5 km road race on 31 December 2022.[7][8]
In 2023, he set a new personal best in the 1500m of 3:34.71 in Bydgoszcz on 6 June 2023.[9] Latter that month he also set a new 3000m personal best, clocking a time of 7:45.47 at the Diamond League event in Paris.[10] He was selected for the Ethiopia team for the 2023 World Athletics Championships.[11]
