Lemlem Hailu

Lemlem Hailu
Full name	Lemlem Hailu Techane
nation	Ethiopia
birthday	May 21, 2001 (age 19)
Career
discipline	Middle distance run
Medal table
Africa Games 0 × 0 × 1 × Youth Olympic Games 0 × 0 × 1 × U18 world championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Africa Games bronze Rabat 2019 1500 m  Youth Olympic Games bronze Buenos Aires 2018 1500 m  U18 world championships gold Nairobi 2017 1500 m
last change: February 8, 2020

Lemlem Hailu Techane (born May 21, 2001 ) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1,500 meter run .

Athletic career

Lemlem Hailu gained her first international experience in 2017 at the U18 World Championships in Nairobi , where she won the gold medal in 4: 20.80 minutes. The following year, she also won the African Youth Games in Algiers in 4: 36.71 minutes and thus qualified for the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires , where she won the bronze medal. In 2019 she took part in the Africa Games in Rabat for the first time and won the bronze medal there in 4: 20.60 minutes behind the Kenyans Quailyne Jebiwott Kiprop and Mary Kuria . In February 2020 in Toruń , Hailu improved the U20 indoor world record held by her compatriot Gudaf Tsegay over 1500 meters to 4: 01.79 min.

In 2019 , Hailu became the Ethiopian champion in the 1,500 meter run.

Personal bests

• 1500 meters: 4: 02.97 min, June 16, 2016 in Rabat
  • 1500 meters (hall): 4: 01.79 min, February 8, 2020 in Toruń ( U20 world record )
• 3000 meters: 8: 34.03 min, May 3, 2019 in Doha

Web links

• Lemlem Hailu in the database of World Athletics (English)