Yemane Haileselassie

Yemane Haileselassie
Yemane Haileselassie at the Olympic Games in Rio (2016)
nation	Eritrea
birthday	21st February 1998 (age 22)
place of birth	Hazega ,  Eritrea
Career
discipline	3000 meters obstacle
Best performance	8: 11.22 min
status	active
Medal table
African Championships 0 × 0 × 1 × World Cross Country Championships 0 × 0 × 1 × U20 world championships 0 × 1 × 0 ×
African Championships bronze Asaba 2018 3000 m obstacle  World Cross Country Championships bronze Guiyang 2015 Junior race - team  Junior World Championships silver Bydgoszcz 2016 3000 m obstacle
last change: December 23, 2019

Yemane Haileselassie (born February 21, 1998 in Hazega , Maekel ) is an Eritrean athlete who competes in cross and obstacle courses .

Athletic career

Yemane Haileselassie has been competing in international championships since he was 17 years old. In March he took part in the World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang. In the junior race he finished 23rd and won the bronze medal with his teammates in the team. He later competed in the obstacle course at the Africa Games in Brazzaville. With a season best of 8: 32.05 min, he took sixth place.

In July 2016 he competed at the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz. In the final he ran 8: 22.67 minutes and became vice world champion. He then also qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. There he survived the semi-finals and finished eleventh in the final.

In June 2017, Haileselassie set his personal best in 8: 11.22 minutes at a meeting in Rome and thus clearly undercut the national record already set in 2016. At the World Championships in London, he lagged well behind this time and was eliminated in the run-up. In 2018 he competed at the African Championships in Asaba. He was fifth in the obstacle course. Over the 5000 meters he was able to win the bronze medal in 13: 49.58 minutes.

In the 2018 and 2019 seasons he was unable to confirm his best times in the obstacle course and also failed in the preliminary run at the World Championships in Doha. At the Africa Games in Rabat he was disqualified.

Major competitions

year	event	place	space	discipline	Time / points
Starts for Eritrea
2015	World Cross Country Championships	Guiyang	23.	Junior race (8 km)	25:08 min
			3.	Junior team ranking	23 points
	Africa Games	Brazzaville	6th	3000 m obstacle	8: 32.05 min
2016	U20 world championships	Bydgoszcz	2.	3000 m obstacle	8: 22.67 min
	Olympic games	Rio de Janeiro	11.	3000 m obstacle	8: 40.68 min
2017	World Cross Country Championships	Kampala	9.	Junior race (8 km)	23:18 min
	World championships	London	28.	3000 m obstacle	8: 35.73 min
2018	African Championships	Asaba	3.	5000 m	13: 49.58 min
			5.	3000 m obstacle	8: 36.58 min
2019	World Cross Country Championships	Aarhus	29	10 km	33:33 min
	Africa Games	Rabat		3000 m obstacle	DSQ
	World championships	Doha	23.	3000 m obstacle	8: 26.58 min

Personal best

open air

• 3000 m obstacle : 8: 11.22 min, June 8, 2017, Rome , (national record)
• 5000 m : 13: 33.24 min, July 18, 2015, Mataró
• Half marathon : 1:02:49 h, October 14, 2018, Lisbon

Hall

• 3000 m : 8: 00.23 min, January 24, 2020, Valencia

Web links

Commons : Yemane Haileselassie  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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