Takele Nigate

Takele Nigate
nation	Ethiopia
birthday	2nd October 1999 (age 20)
Career
discipline	3000 meters obstacle
Best performance	8: 09.50 min
status	active
Medal table
U20 world championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 African Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
U20 world championships gold Tampere 2018 3000 m obstacle Junior African Championships gold Tlemcen 2017 3000 m obstacle
last change: March 18, 2020

Takele Nigate (born October 2, 1999 ) is an Ethiopian athlete who specializes in the obstacle course .

Athletic career

Takele Nigate gained his first international experience in 2017 at the Junior African Championships in Tlemcen , where he won the gold medal in 8: 31.36 minutes. The following year he also won the U20 World Championships in Tampere in 8: 25.35 minutes. In 2019 he took part in the Africa Games in Rabat for the first time and finished fourth there in 8: 23.48 minutes before he was eliminated from the preliminary round at the World Championships in Doha with 8: 38.34 minutes .

Personal best

• 3000 m obstacle: 8: 09.50 min, July 12, 2019 in Monaco

Web links

• Takele Nigate in the database of World Athletics (English)