Yomif Kejelcha

Yomif Kejelcha
Yomif Kejelcha 2016 in Portland
Full name	Yomif Kejelcha Atomsa
nation	Ethiopia
birthday	1st August 1997 (age 23)
place of birth	Ethiopia
Career
discipline	Long distance running
Best performance	1500 m: 3: 31.58 min 3000 m: 7: 28.00 min 5000 m: 12: 46.79 min
National squad	since 2013
status	active
Medal table
Indoor world championships 0 × 1 × 0 × Indoor world championships 2 × 0 × 0 × Junior World Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × Youth World Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × Youth Olympic Games 1 × 0 × 0 × Junior African Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
World championships silver Doha 2019 10,000 m  Indoor world championships gold Portland 2016 3000 m gold Birmingham 2018 3000 m  Junior World Championships gold Eugene 2014 5000 m  Youth World Championships gold Donetsk 2013 3000 m  Youth Olympic Games gold Nanjing 2014 3000 m Junior African Championships gold Addis Ababa 2015 5000 m
last change: October 7, 2019

Yomif Kejelcha Atomsa ( Amharic ዮሚፍ ቀጀልቻ ; * August 1, 1997 ) is an Ethiopian middle and long distance runner .

Life

Dominance in the youth and junior sector

Kejelcha celebrated his first international title win as a 15-year-old at the 2013 World Youth Athletics Championships in Donetsk, where he won the 3000 meter race. The following year he won gold medals in the 5000-meter run at the Junior World Championships in Eugene and in the 3000-meter run at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing , which he won his third major championship final within thirteen months. He was also victorious over 5000 meters at the 2015 Junior African Championships in Addis Ababa.

Rise to the top of the world

In the 2015 season Kejelcha established itself among the absolute best in the world. He won the 5000 meter races at the Prefontaine Classic and the Golden Gala in Rome. He also took second place at the Athletissima in Lausanne. As the leader in the world annual best list, he traveled to the world championships in Beijing as one of the favorites . In the tactical, slow 5000 meter final, however, he was left behind in the final sprint and was only fourth behind Mo Farah , Caleb Ndiku and Hagos Gebrhiwet . Kejelcha finished the season with a victory over 5000 meters at the Memorial Van Damme in Brussels in a new personal best of 12: 53.98 min. With that he won the IAAF Diamond League overall ranking in his discipline.

Kejelcha won the gold medal in the 3000 meter run at the 2016 World Indoor Championships in Portland . Despite solid results in the outdoor season, he was not nominated by the national association for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. At the end of August he won the 3000 meter race at the Meeting de Paris and achieved a new junior world record with a time of 7: 28.19 minutes and a world best for the year.

In 2017, like two years earlier, he missed a medal at the World Championships in London as fourth .

At the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham , he repeated Portland's success and won the gold medal in the 3,000-meter run.

On March 3, 2019, Kejelcha set a new indoor world record in Boston. With a time of 3: 47.01 min, he was well below the 22-year-old record of the Moroccan Hicham El-Guerrouj (3: 48.45 min). At the World Championships in Doha in October, he won a personal best of 26: 49.34 minutes. the silver medal over 10,000 m.

Kejelcha trains in the controversial environment of the Nike Oregon Project in the United States.

Personal bests

• 1500 m : 3: 32.59 min, September 4, 2018, Zagreb
  • Hall: 3: 31.58 min, February 16, 2019, Birmingham
• 1 mile : 3: 58.24 min, June 30, 2019, Palo Alto
  • Hall: 3: 47.01 min, March 3, 2019, Boston ( world record )
• 3000 m : 7: 28.00 min, August 18, 2018, Gothenburg
  • Hall: 7: 38.67 min, February 3, 2018, Karlsruhe
• 5000 m : 12: 46.79 min, August 31, 2018, Brussels
• 10,000 m : 26: 49.34 min, October 6, 2019, Doha
• Half marathon : 59:05 min, October 27, 2019, Valencia

Web links

Commons : Yomif Kejelcha  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Yomif Kejelcha in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kejelcha restores Ethiopia's pride in the boys' 3000m in Donetsk ( English ) IAAF. July 14, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
2. ↑ Parker Morse: Report: men's 5000m - IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014 ( English ) IAAF. July 26, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
3. ↑ Steve Landells: Kejelcha completes golden hat trick with 3000m win at Youth Olympic Games ( English ) IAAF. August 24, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
4. ↑ Elshadai Negash: 5000m double for hosts Ethiopia at African Junior Championships ( English ) IAAF. March 8, 2015. Accessed June 12, 2016.
5. ↑ Phil Minshull: World leads for Ethiopia's Kejelcha and Aman in Rome - IAAF Diamond League ( English ) IAAF. June 4, 2015. Accessed June 12, 2016.
6. ↑ Paul Gains: In search of the next Gebrselassie or Bekele ( English ) IAAF. August 29, 2015. Accessed June 12, 2016.
7. ↑ Phil Minshull: Report: men's 5000m final - IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 ( English ) IAAF. December 12, 2015. Accessed June 12, 2016.
8. ↑ Report: A look back at the 2015 Diamond Race - IAAF Diamond League ( English ) IAAF. September 15, 2015. Accessed June 12, 2016.
9. ↑ Phil Minshull: Report: men's 3000m final - IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016 ( English ) IAAF. March 20, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
10. ↑ Thomas Byrne: Jebet smashes 3000m steeplechase world record in Paris - IAAF Diamond League ( English ) IAAF. August 27, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
11. ↑ World record over the mile by Yomif Kejelcha. In: HDsports.at. March 4, 2019, accessed March 4, 2019 .