Hailu Mekonnen

Hailu Mekonnen (2011)

Hailu Mekonnen (born April 4, 1980 in Arsi Province ) is an Ethiopian middle and long distance runner .

Life

In 1998 he won bronze at the junior race at the World Cross Country Championships in Marrakech and silver over 5000 m at the African Athletics Championships in Dakar . The following year he won the junior title and the bronze medal on the short distance at the World Cross Country Championships in Belfast . A seventh place over 5000 m at the World Athletics Championships in Seville was followed by gold over 1500 m at the Pan-African Games in Johannesburg . In 2000 he was sixth on the short distance at the World Cross Country Championships in Vilamoura and reached the semi-finals at the Olympic Games in Sydney over 1500 m.

In 2001 he was seventh over 1500 m at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Lisbon , tenth on the short distance at the World Cross Country Championships in Ostend and eighth over 5000 m at the World Championships in Edmonton . In 2002 he won bronze in the short distance race of the Cross Country World Championships in Dublin , in 2003 silver over 5000 m at the Pan-African Games in Abuja .

Then he switched to road running . In 2005 he won the Montferland Run , and in 2007 he was eighth in the half marathon competition of Reims Marathon . In 2009 he finished second at the Great Scottish Run , but did not finish at the World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham . In 2010 he finished ninth in the Barcelona Marathon , eighth in the Paris Marathon , won the Great Scottish Run and finished fifth in the Amsterdam Marathon .

In 2011 he won the Tokyo Marathon .

1500 m: 3: 33.14 min, June 30, 2000, Rome
- Hall: 3: 35.58 min, February 6, 2000, Stuttgart
1 mile : 3: 53.40 min, July 28, 2000, Oslo
- Hall: 3: 54.78 min, February 13, 2000, Liévin
2000 m : 5: 02.06 min, June 5, 1998, Milan
3000 m : 7: 30.53 min, August 24, 2001, Brussels
- Hall: 7: 38.4 min, February 20, 2000, Birmingham
5000 m: 12: 58.57 min, June 29, 2001, Rome
10,000 m : 28: 01.10 min, August 30, 2002, Brussels
10 km road run : 27:39 min, December 11, 2002, Doha
15 km road race: 43:09 min, December 4, 2005, 's-Heerenberg
Half marathon: 1:01:29 h, September 6, 2009, Glasgow
Marathon : 2:07:35 h, February 27, 2011, Tokyo

personal data
SURNAME	Mekonnen, Hailu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ethiopian middle and long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH	April 4, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH	Arsi (province)