Berhanu Alemu
{{short description|Ethiopian middle-distance runner}}
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Berhanu Alemu Feysa ({{Langx|am|ብርሃኑ አለማሁ}}; born 16 July 1982) is an Ethiopian former middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 metres. He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics failing to advance to the final.
His 800 metres personal best of 1:45.28 from 2004 is a former Ethiopian record, broken in 2011 by Mohammed Aman.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}
Competition record
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colspan="6"|Representing {{ETH}} |
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rowspan=2|1999
|bgcolor=silver|2nd |800 m |1:50.79 |
All-Africa Games
|9th (sf) |800 m |
rowspan=2|2000
|18th (sf) |1500 m |
World Junior Championships
|25th (h) |1500 m |3:55.74 |
rowspan=2|2002
|rowspan=2|African Championships |rowspan=2|Radès, Tunisia |6th |800 m |
8th
|1500 m |
2003
|8th (sf) |800 m |
rowspan=2|2004
| – |800 m |DQ |
Olympic Games
|19th (sf) |800 m |
2005
|20th (sf) |800 m |
rowspan=2|2006
|23rd (h) |800 m |
African Championships
|8th |800 m |
Personal bests
- 800 metres – 1:45.28 (Bergen 2004)
- 1500 metres – 3:35.67 (Heusden-Zolder 2000)
- One mile – 3:58.95 (Oslo 2002)
Indoor
- 800 metres – 1:45.85 (Fayetteville 2004)
- 1000 metres – 2:19.39 (Erfurt 2001)
- 1500 metres – 3:38.75 (Birmingham 2001)
- One mile – 3:57.76 (New York 2007)
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121105121234/http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ethiopia/berhanu-alemu IAAF profile]
- {{Olympedia}}
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Category:Ethiopian male middle-distance runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Ethiopia
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games
Category:African Games competitors for Ethiopia
Category:21st-century Ethiopian sportsmen
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