Mohammed Aman (athlete)

Mohammed Aman

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
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Ethiopia World Championships 2013 Moscow 800 m World Indoor Championships 2012 Istanbul 800 m 2014 Sopot 800 m African Championships 2014 Marrakech 800 m African Junior Championships 2009 Bambous 800 m 2011 Gaborone 800 m Summer Youth Olympics 2010 Singapore 1000 m World Youth Championships 2011 Lille Métropole 800 m Representing Africa Continental Cup 2014 Marrakech 800 m

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.