Dejen Gebremeskel

In this Ethiopian name, the name Gebremeskel is a patronymic, and the person should be referred by the given name, Dejen.
Dejen Gebremeskel
Gebremeskel in 2012
Personal information
NationalityEthiopian
Born (1989-11-24) 24 November 1989 (age 34)
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country Ethiopia
SportTrack and field
Event(s)3000 m, 5000 m
Medal record
Representing  Ethiopia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 5000 m
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Daegu 5000 m
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sopot 3000 m

Dejen Gebremeskel (Amharic: ደጀን ገብረመስቀል; born 24 November 1989) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who primarily competes in track events. His personal best of 12:46.81 minutes for the 5,000 metres ranks him as the fifteenth fastest of all time for the distance.[2] He was the 5,000 m silver medallist at the 2012 London Olympics and took the bronze medal over that distance at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.

He won his first track medals as a junior, coming in second at the African Junior Athletics Championships, then taking the bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics. He was a finalist at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2010 and 2012. He is a five-time winner of the Carlsbad 5000.

  1. ^ Dejen Gebremeskel Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  2. ^ "Men's 5000m". www.alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 3 June 2024.