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Mohammed Aman (athlete)

Mohammed Aman

Aman at the 2011 World Championships
Personal information
Nationality	Ethiopia
Born	10 January 1994 (age 18)
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	800 metres, 1000 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800 m: 1:43.37 s (Rieti 2011)
Medal record[hide] Men’s athletics Competitor for  Ethiopia World Indoor Championships Gold 2012 Istanbul 800 m African Junior Championships Gold 2011 Gaborone 800 m Gold 2009 Bambous 800 m Summer Youth Olympics Gold 2010 Singapore 1000 m World Youth Championships Silver 2011 Lille Métropole 800 m

Mohammed Aman Geleto (born 10 January 1994) is a Ethiopian middle distance runner.

Born in Asella, he 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.^[1][2] 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.^[3]

He won 800 m. final in Istanbul 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships (11 march 2012) as the youngest gold medalist athlete.

References

Persoonlijke records

External links

• IAAF profile for Mohammed Aman

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