15 October 1988 (1988-10-15) (age 35) Tulu Bolo, Ethiopia
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Ethiopia
World Championships
2011 Daegu
10,000 m
World Cross Country Championships
2011 Punta Umbria
Senior race
2013 Bydgoszcz
Senior race
Imane Merga Jida (ኢማነ መርጋ ጂዳ) (born 15 October 1988) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. He won his first world title at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. At the 2011 World Championships in Athletics he won the 10,000 m bronze medal, but he was disqualified in the 5000 m, losing a second bronze.
Imane won the first two 5000 m titles in the annual IAAF Diamond League and was the gold medalist at the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Final. He has also won the Giro Media Blenio and BOClassic road races. His personal best times are 7:51.24 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in May 2009 at the Icahn Stadium; 12:53.58 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in August 2010 in Stockholm; and 26:48.35 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in June 2011 in Oregon. He began working with Italian technical coach Renato Canova at the start of 2010.
ImaneMerga Jida (ኢማነ መርጋ ጂዳ) (born 15 October 1988) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres....
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medalist), Sylvia Kibet (2009 and 2011 World Championships 5000m silver), ImaneMerga (2011 World Cross Country Champion and 2011 World Championships 10000m...
win four golds at the World Championships in this event. Ethiopia's ImaneMerga was originally awarded the bronze medal in the Men's 5000 metres, but...
the BO classic and just missed out on the 10,000 m title, losing to ImaneMerga in a sprint finish by 0.2 seconds. 2011 was a successful year for Farah...
battle among himself, Farah, Lagat and ImaneMerga. He was the last of the quartet to cross the line, but ImaneMerga was disqualified after the medal ceremony...
title at the 2017 Jan Meda Cross Country, beating Ibrahim Jeilan and ImaneMerga among others. 1st at Riyadh half marathon men 21000 m Ethiopian Athletics...
Birmingham, England, out-sprinting the reigning world cross country champion, ImaneMerga, for second place behind winner, Mo Farah. At the 2011 World Championships...
Course record 11 km men's/8 km women's races Sampaolo, Diego (2011-04-26). Merga defends title in Dongio 10Km. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-04-29. Viktor Röthlin...
victory at the BOClassic, where he recorded the same time as the winner ImaneMerga. He performed well in cross country at the start of 2013, winning the...
World Cross Country Championships, securing the bronze medal behind ImaneMerga and Paul Tanui, as well as sharing in the team gold with the Kenyan men...
Meda Cross Country in February 2011, surprising the more established ImaneMerga with a burst of speed to win his first national senior title. However...
province of Burgos Winners: ImaneMerga (m) / Belaynesh Oljira (f) January 6: Campaccio in San Giorgio su Legnano Winners: ImaneMerga (m) / Alice Aprot (f)...
Sampaolo, Diego (2011-03-28). Another cross country win for World champion Merga - Alà dei Sardi report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-03-30. Atletica: cross,...
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