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Mohammed Aman

Mohammed Aman
Mohammed Aman Istanbul 2012.jpg
Aman at the 2012 World Indoor Championships
Personal information
Nationality Ethiopian
Born (1994-01-10) 10 January 1994 (age 23)
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport Track
Event(s) 800 metres, 1000 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 800 metres 1:42.37
1500 metres: 3:43.52
Mile: 3:57.14

Mohammed Aman Geleto (Amharic: መሀመድ አማን; born 10 January 1994) is an Ethiopian middle distance runner. Born in Asella, he is the winner of the 800-meter final at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow. Aman also won consecutive 800 m titles at the 2009 and 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships.

Aman was the inaugural winner of the 1000 metres race at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore. He won a silver medal in the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, finishing behind Leonard Kirwa Kosencha who set a world youth best. He ran an Ethiopian record to win his semi-final heat at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but finished last in the event final.

In September he improved his Ethiopian record to 1:43.37 minutes (also a world youth best) behind David Rudisha at the Rieti Meeting, then ended Rudisha's 34-meet winning streak at the Notturna di Milano, beating him by seven hundredths of a second in a time of 1:43.50 minutes.

He won 800 m final in the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul as the youngest gold medalist athlete.


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