Awet Nftalem Kibrab
Norwegian long-distance runner (born 1995)
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Awet Nftalem Kibrab (born 9 May 1995) is an Eritrean-born Norwegian long-distance runner. He was a silver medalist at the 2025 European Running Championships in the half marathon.[1]
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| Born | 9 May 1995 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Long distance running, Cross country running | ||||||||||||||
| Club | IK Tjalve Ullensaker/Kisa IL | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
He was born in Eritrea, representing the country at the 2013 World Youth Championships.[1] He joined the club IK Tjalve. Together with compatriot Senay Fissehatsion he moved to Ull/Kisa, before rejoining Tjalve in 2025.[2]
Kibrab began representing Norway internationally in June 2023. He made his international debut in a Norwegian vest at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga, Latvia, where he finished eighth in the 5km in a time of 13:28.[3]
He won the silver medal behind Frenchman Jimmy Gressier in the Half Marathon race at the 2025 European Running Championships on 12 April 2025 in Leuven, Belgium.[4][5]
In August 2025, he won his first national title, winning the 10,000 meters after a largely solo run and resultant personal best time of 28:06.36.[6] In September, he competed over 10,000 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, finishing in seventeenth place.[7][8]
In December 2025 he set a Norwegian record in marathon with the time 2:04.24 at the 2025 Valencia Marathon, beating Sondre Nordstad Moen's previous record of 2:05.48 from 2017.[9] The time moved him to sixth on the European all-time list.[10]
On 12 April, he finished fifth in 2:05:46 at the 2026 Paris Marathon.[11]