Tadese Takele

Tadese Takele
Personal information
Birth nameTadese Takele Bikila
NationalityEthiopian
Born (2002-08-03) 3 August 2002 (age 22)
Sport
SportTrack and Field
EventSteeplechase
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
World U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Nairobi 3000 m steeplechase
African Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Port Louis 3000 m steeplechase

Tadese Takele Bikila (born 3 August 2002) is an Ethiopian athlete.

He won the Ethiopian Olympic Trial in June 2021 in the 3000m steeplechase, running a personal best of 8:09.37 to beat Abrham Sime and Hailemariyam Amare.[1] Later that month he finished second behind Soufiane El Bakkali in steeplechase in the Diamond League meeting in Florence, running 8:10.56.[2] Competing at the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase he finished ninth in heat three.[3] At the 2023 Berlin Marathon he finished 3rd with a time of 2:03:24, all-time world best for U23 athletes.[4]

  1. ^ "2021 Ethiopian Olympic Trials: Gudaf Tsegay (14:13) & Getnet Wale (12:53) Among Six World-Leading Times as New Stars Emerge". LetsRun.com. June 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "Soufiane EL BAKKALI place first in Florence and signs the World Best Performance in 3000 mSC". en.yabiladi.com.
  3. ^ "Athletics - TAKELE Bikila Tadese - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  4. ^ "BMW BERLIN MARATHON - a race full of records". bmw-berlin-marathon.com.