Muktar Edris

Muktar Edris
Muktar Edris (2013)
Full name	Muktar Edris
nation	Ethiopia
birthday	14th January 1994 (age 26)
place of birth	Ethiopia
size	171 cm
Weight	69 kg
Career
discipline	5000 meter run
Best performance	12: 54.83 min
Trainer	Shibo covers
status	active
Medal table
World championships 2 × 0 × 0 × World Cross Country Championships 3 × 1 × 2 × U20 world championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
World championships gold London 2017 5000 m gold Doha 2019 5000 m  World Cross Country Championships silver Punta Umbria 2011 Junior team gold Bydgoszcz 2013 team bronze Bydgoszcz 2013 U20 race bronze Guiyang 2015 Single race gold Guiyang 2015 team gold Kampala 2017 team  Junior World Championships gold Barcelona 2012 5000 m
last change: January 14, 2020

Muktar Edris (born January 14, 1994 ) is an Ethiopian athlete who specializes in long-distance and cross-country runs . In 2017 he became world champion in London over 5000 meters . He defended the title two years later at the World Championships in Doha .

Origin and life

Muktar Edris grew up in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa , unusual for the country's track and field athletes, who increasingly come from rural regions. He discovered running for himself at the age of seven. One of his role models at the time was the multiple world and Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie . Edris trains in Sendafa , near the capital. He has been married since 2015 and has one daughter.

Athletic career

Muktar Edris has been participating in international championships since 2011. At the Cross Country World Championships in Punta Umbría , he finished seventh in the junior race and won silver with his teammates behind the Kenyans. The mode provided that the final placements of the individual team members of a nation from the individual race were added. Which team had the lowest total won the team competition. The Kenyans got 20 points, the Ethiopians 24. At the subsequent U20 African Championships in Gaborone, Edris finished fourth in the 10,000 meter run .

In 2012 he won the U20 World Championships in Barcelona in 13: 38.95 minutes over 5000 meters. A year later he appeared for the first time at world championships in the adult sector. In Moscow he won his semifinal run and ended up in 7th place in the final, which was run more slowly than the semifinals. In March he won bronze in the U20 race at the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz and this time gold with the team. In 2014 he set his best time over 5000 meters with 12: 54.83 minutes.

In 2015, he competed in the 10,000 meter race at the World Championships in Beijing . There he ran into tenth place in a time of 27: 54.47 minutes. At the World Cross Country Championships , which also took place in China in 2015, he won bronze in the individual race. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , he qualified for the final over 5000 meters , but was then disqualified there after crossing an inside edge. In 2017 he won gold again with the team at the 2017 World Cross Country Championships in Kampala. He finished sixth in the individual race.

His greatest sporting success to date was the 2017 world championship title from the championships in London. There he defeated the superstar of the scene, Mo Farah , in the final sprint over 5000 meters in his last world championship race. The following period was mainly characterized by injuries. In particular, an inflammation of the Achilles tendon threw him back, because of which he could only do slow training runs. At the 2019 World Championships in Doha , he was able to successfully defend his title with a season best of 12: 58.85 min. Participation would not have been possible due to his preliminary work during the season. As the reigning world champion, however, he was able to start with a wildcard .

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	time
Starts for Ethiopia
2011	World Cross Country Championships 2011	Punta Umbría	7th	Junior race
			2.	team
2012	U20 world championships	Barcelona	1.	5000 m	13: 38.95 min
2013	World championships	Moscow	7th	5000 m	13: 29.56 min
2015	World championships	Beijing	10.	10,000 m	27: 54.47 min
2016	Olympic games	Rio de Janeiro		5000 m	DSQ
2017	World championships	London	1.	5000 m	13: 32.79 min
2019	World championships	Doha	1.	5000 m	12: 58.85 min

Personal best

• 3000 m : 7: 32.31 min, July 1, 2017, Paris
  • 3000 m (hall): 7: 40.69 min, February 13, 2018, Liévin
• 5000 m : 12: 54.83 min, August 21, 2014, Stockholm
• 10,000 m : 27: 17.18 min, June 17, 2015, Hengelo

Web links

• Muktar Edris in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Muktar Edris in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dennehy, Cathal (2019-10-16). How Edris went from injured team player to two-time world champion . IAAF. accessed on 2020-07-11.