Abreham Cherkos (in front) during the 2008 World Indoor Championships
Personal information
Born
23 September 1989 (1989-09-23) (age 34)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Ethiopia
World Indoor Championships
2008 Valencia
3000 m
Abreham Cherkos Feleke (Amharic: አብረሃም ቸርቆስ ፈለቀ; born 23 September 1989) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner. A former track specialist, he now competes in road running events including the marathon.
He was the 2005 World Youth Champion in the 3000 m and upgraded to a world junior silver medal the next year over 5000 m. He took bronze at the 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final and represented Ethiopia at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. He won his first major senior medal (a bronze) at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
He became world junior champion in 2008 and also made his Olympic debut, finishing fifth at the 2008 Beijing Games. After a year out in 2009, he made his marathon debut in 2010 at the Amsterdam Marathon, setting a best of 2:07:29.
AbrehamCherkos Feleke (Amharic: አብረሃም ቸርቆስ ፈለቀ; born 23 September 1989) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner. A former track specialist...
128 days 3000 m 7:32.37 AbrehamCherkos Ethiopia 11 July 2006 Lausanne, Switzerland 16 years, 291 days Two miles 8:16.07 AbrehamCherkos Ethiopia 28 May 2006...
Ethiopia 18 August 2021 2021 Championships Nairobi, Kenya 5000 m 13:08.57 AbrehamCherkos Ethiopia 13 July 2008 2008 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 110 m hurdles...
5000 m Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia 13:48.62 Edwin Soi Kenya 13:49.45 AbrehamCherkos Ethiopia 13:49.66 110 m hurdles Liu Xiang China 12.93 CR Dayron Robles...
10000 m — 27:01.17 OR Tariku Bekele 5000 m 13:37.63 3 Q — 13:19.06 6 AbrehamCherkos 13:47.60 3 Q — 13:16.46 5 Demma Daba 1500 m 3:37.78 8 Did not advance...
in Athletics and took the 5,000 m bronze medal while his compatriot AbrehamCherkos won the gold. At the 2009 Ethiopian cross country trials in February...
He won the Carlsbad 5000 in his first ever 5 km road race, beating AbrehamCherkos in a time of 13:19. At the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, he...
Tariku Bekele Ethiopia 7:48.23 Paul Kipsiele Koech Kenya 7:49.05 AbrehamCherkos Ethiopia 7:49.96 Tariku Bekele won his first World title, succeeding...
World Youth Championships in Athletics, finishing behind compatriot AbrehamCherkos. That November he competed at the Great Ethiopian Run and finished...
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