 Tefera at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Ethiopian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 October 1999 Midakegn, Oromia, Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 metres, Mile | |||||||||||||||||
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Samuel Tefera (born 23 October 1999) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. At the age of 18, he became the 2018 World indoor champion, and defended his title at the 2022 World Indoor Championships, setting the championship record in the process.[1][2] Tefera is the African indoor record holder for the 1500 m.
He held the world indoor 1500 m record for three years, with his mark currently being the second-fastest on the respective world all-time list.[3]
- ^ "Young Ethiopian Samuel Tefera Wins 1500m Gold 36 Days after His First Indoor Race, Blankenship 5th, Engels 7th". 4 March 2018.
- ^ Crumley, Euan (2022-03-21). "Tefera turns the tables on Ingebrigtsen". AW. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ "All time Top lists – 1500 m Men – World Indoors | until 2022-02-23". World Athletics. Retrieved 2022-02-23.