Yared Shegumo

Yared Shegumo
Yared Shegumo in 2013 at the Łódź Marathon
nation	Poland
birthday	January 10, 1983
place of birth	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Career
discipline	800 m , 1500 m , 3000 m , 5000 m , marathon
status	active
Medal table
European championships 0 × 1 × 0 ×
European championships silver 2014 Zurich marathon
last change: August 17, 2014

Yared Shegumo (born January 10, 1983 in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia ) is a Polish long-distance runner of Ethiopian origin.

Career

Shegumo was born in Ethiopia and immigrated to Poland as a teenager. In 2003 he finally received Polish citizenship . Between 2008 and 2010 he temporarily lived in Great Britain in order to be able to make a living. In his youth, he mainly competed on short distances and won several medals. In 2012 he made his marathon debut . By winning the silver medal in the marathon at the 2014 European Championships in Zurich , he achieved his greatest success as a track and field athlete to date. He currently lives and trains in Warsaw .

Personal best

open air

• 800 m : 1: 47.03, July 31, 2005, Poznan
• 1000 m : 2: 20.72, September 18, 2005, Siedlce
• 1500 m : 3: 40.12, June 29, 2003, Poznan
• 3000 m : 8: 04.24, September 6, 2005, Zielona Góra
• 5000 m : 14: 02.53, September 13, 2003, Biała Podlaska
• Half marathon : 1:04:15, March 25, 2012, Warsaw
• Marathon : 2:10:34, September 29, 2013, Warsaw

Hall

• 800 m: February 12, 2005, Spała
• 1500 m: 3: 42.76, February 6, 2005, Spała
• 2000 m : 5: 14.36, January 18, 2004, Warsaw
• 3000 m: 7; 54.04, February 14, 2004, Leipzig

Web links

Commons : Yared Shegumo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Yared Shegumo in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait on tilastopaja.org
• Athlete profile on the PZLA website