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| Full name | Mizan Alem Adane | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ethiopian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (2002-01-22)22 January 2002 (age 23) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Ethiopia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mizan Alem (born 22 January 2002)[1] is an Ethiopianlong-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the5000 metres at the2021 World Under-20 Championships.[2]
Alem gained her first international experience at age 17, in March 2019, finishing seventh in theunder-20 women's race (5.856 km) at theWorld Cross Country Championships held inAarhus, Denmark.[1]
In August 2021, she claimed the gold medal in the5000 metres at theWorld U20 Championships inNairobi, Kenya.[1]
The 21-year-old placed second in the3000 metres standings of the2023 World Athletics Indoor Tour, finishing also second behind onlyGudaf Tsegay at the tour'sBirmingham Final with a new personal best of 8:31.20.[3][4] In May that year, at a London meet called "The Night of the10,000m PBs", Alem set a UK all-comers' record (best performance on country's soil) of 29:59.03 to win the women's race. She became the 12th woman in history to break the 30-minute barrier, moving up to 11th place on theworld all-time list.[5][6]
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