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Berihu Aregawi

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Berihu Aregawi Teklehaimanot (Tigrinya: በሪሁ ኣረጋዊ; born 28 February 2001) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and the current world record holder in the 5000 m road race and the 10,000 m road race. At the Paris 2024 Olympics, Berihu won a silver medal in the 10,000 m, and he placed fourth in the 10,000 m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Berihu won a silver medal at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships. He also won a silver medal in the 3,000 m at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Berihu Aregawi is the 6,965th most popular athlete (up from 7,603rd in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Ethiopia (up from 112th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Ethiopian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Berihu Aregawi ranks 6,965 out of 6,025Before him are Lee Ho-joon, Pol Moya, Kelsey Bevan, Paul Casey, Senbere Teferi, and Chen Yunxia. After him are Enmanuel Reyes, Tetyana Melnyk, Safina Sadullayeva, Craig Mottram, Kaliese Spencer, and Max Hoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2001, Berihu Aregawi ranks 271Before him are Maike van der Duin, Bryan Reynolds, Vladyslava Aleksiyiva, Sinaly Diomandé, Irina Rîngaci, and Emma Chamberlain. After him are Seiji Kimura, Lucía Yépez, Pedro de la Vega, Jamie Margolin, Lena Hentschel, and Anis Ben Slimane.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Berihu Aregawi ranks 107 out of 105Before him are Ibrahim Jeilan (1989), Yomif Kejelcha (1997), Lelisa Desisa (1990), Dejen Gebremeskel (1989), Yemaneberhan Crippa (1996), and Senbere Teferi (null). After him are Maru Teferi (1992), Abadi Hadis (1997), Meryem Erdoğan (1990), Samuel Tefera (1999), Ejgayehu Taye (2000), and Yang Xiaolei (2000).

Among ATHLETES In Ethiopia

Among athletes born in Ethiopia, Berihu Aregawi ranks 52Before him are Ibrahim Jeilan (1989), Yomif Kejelcha (1997), Lelisa Desisa (1990), Dejen Gebremeskel (1989), Yemaneberhan Crippa (1996), and Senbere Teferi (null). After him are Maru Teferi (1992), Abadi Hadis (1997), Meryem Erdoğan (1990), Samuel Tefera (1999), Ejgayehu Taye (2000), and Yang Xiaolei (2000).