Simret Sultan
Simret Sultan 
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| Full name | Simret Sultan Guchtermichael |
| nation |
 Eritrea
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| birthday | July 20, 1984 |
| place of birth |
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| size | 165 cm |
| Weight | 48 kg |
| Career | |
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| discipline | Medium , long-distance running , cross-country running |
| Best performance | 1500 m: 4: 25.0 min (2001) 3000 m: 9: 42.28 (2004) 5000 m: 15: 16.25 min (2008) 10,000 m: 34: 00.47 min (2002) |
| status | resigned |
Simret Sultan G Gebermichael (born July 20, 1984 in Mirara ) is a former Eritrean athlete . She specialized in long-distance and cross-country running.
biography
Simret Sultan won the Cross de Atapuerca in Spain in 2007 and finished ninth at the World Cross Country Championships . In the 5000-meter run at the Africa Games in Algiers , she was fifth. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , Eritrea was the flag bearer during the opening ceremony. Sultan started over 5000 meters , but was eliminated in the preliminary and finished 16th in the final classification.
In 2009 Sultan applied for asylum in the UK .
Web links
- Simret Sultan in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Simret Sultan in the database of Olympedia.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eritrean Athletes Seek Political Asylum ( Memento from July 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sultan, Simret |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sultan Ghebermichael, Simret (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Eritrean athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mirara |