Abrham Sime
Sime in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 November 2001 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | 3000 metres steeplechase |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 3000m Steeplechase: 8:02.36 (Paris 2024) |
Medal record | |
Abrham Sime (born 7 November 2001) is an Ethiopian steeplechase runner. He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.[1]
Biography
[edit]Sime won the men's 2000m steeplechase at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2][3]
In 2021, Sime was second in the 3000m steeplechase Ethiopian Olympic trials in behind Bikila Tadese Takele with both men running personal bests, Sime ran 8:12:11 to secure the qualification time for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and was later chosen in the Ethiopian squad.[4][5] However, Sime did not compete.[6]
He ran a new personal best of 8:10.73 at the Paris Diamond League event in June 2023, in the same race that saw his compatriot Lamecha Girma broke the world record in the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase.[7] He ran a new personal best in July 2023 at the Diamond League event in Monaco, running 8:10.56 to finish third behind winner Simon Koech.[8]
He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.[9] In 2024, Sime set a new PB of 8:02.36 at the Meeting de Paris, holding off the fast-finishing Amos Serem to win.[10] He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025.[11] The following weekend, he secured a victory in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League, running a time of 8:07.92 to win from Kenya's Edmund Serem.[12]
In July 2025, he was provisionally named as a reserve for the Ethiopian team for the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[13] He placed eighth in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.[14]
Sime placed second in the 3000 m steeplechase at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland on 3 June, running 8:14.09, inside his own meeting record set at the Games in 2022.[15] On 19 June, he placed fifth at the 2026 Doha Diamond League and placed seventh on 28 June at the 2026 Meeting de Paris.[16][17]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Abrham SIME | Profile". worldathletics.org.
- ↑ "Athletics - Abrham Sime (Ethiopia)". www.the-sports.org.
- ↑ "Olympedia – Abrham Sime". www.olympedia.org.
- ↑ "Ethiopia selects 34 athletes for Tokyo | NEWS | World Athletics". Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ↑ "2021 Ethiopian Olympic Trials: Gudaf Tsegay (14:13) & Getnet Wale (12:53) Among Six World-Leading Times as New Stars Emerge". LetsRun.com. 8 June 2021.
- ↑ "Abrham Sime". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ↑ "Results:Meeting de Paris 2023". Watch Athletics. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ↑ "Men's 3000m Steeplechase Monaco 21 July 2023". Watchathletics.com. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ↑ "Men's 3000m Steeplechase Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ↑ Hof-Mahoney, Paul (7 July 2024). "Paris Diamond League Takeaways: Faith Kipyegon, Yaroslava Mahuchikh Shatter World Records". Citius Mag. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ↑ "Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ↑ "Tinch and Duplantis fly in Shanghai/Keqiao". World Athletics. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ↑ "Faith Kipyegon and Co Learn World Championships Rivals as Ethiopia Unveil Formidable Squad". Pulse Sports. 28 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ↑ Collett, Jasmine (28 August 2025). "Results - Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ↑ "Rogers throws beyond 80 metres in Turku". World Athletics. 3 June 2026. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "Results - Paris Diamond League (Meeting de Paris) 2026". Watch Athletics. 28 June 2026. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
- ↑ "Results - Doha Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 19 June 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 African Youth Games
- Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for Ethiopia
- Ethiopian men steeplechase runners
- 21st-century Ethiopian sportsmen
- Medalists at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics