Biniam Mehary
{{short description|Ethiopian middle-distance runner}}
{{Ethiopian name|Biniam|Mehary|his}}
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| name = Biniam Mehary
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| nationality = Ethiopian
| sport = Athletics
| event = 1500 metres, 3000 metres
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|12|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Freweyni, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
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| pb = 1500 m (short track): 3:34.83 (Torun, 2024) WU20R
3000m (short track): 7:29.99 (Lievin, 2025) WU20R
5000m 12:54.10 (Los Angeles, 2024)
10,000 m: 26:37.93 (Nerja, 2024) WU20R
5km (road): 13.04 (Al Khobar, 2023)
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Biniam Mehary (born 20 December 2006) is an Ethiopian middle and long-distance runner. In February 2024, he set a new under-20 world record in the 1500 metres indoors. That summer, he set a world under-20 record over 10,000 metres. The following year, he set a new under-20 world record in the 3000 metres indoors.{{cite web|title= Biniam Mehary|accessdate=7 February 2024|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/biniam-mehary-15118094}}
Career
Biniam competed in Toruń at the Copernicus Cup in February 2024 as a 17 year-old, he set a new under-20 world record in the 1500 metres of 3:34.83 beating the record set had been set by Jakob Ingebrigtsen in 2019.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|accessdate=7 February 2024|date=6 February 2024|title= Swoboda storms to 60m world lead, Barega and Hailu impress in Torun |url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/copernicus-cup-torun-2024-swoboda-barega-hailu}}{{cite web|url= https://www.fanabc.com/english/ethiopian-athletes-light-up-the-world-indoor-tour-in-torun/|website=fanabc|accessdate=7 February 2024|title= Ethiopian Athletes Light Up The World Indoor Tour In Torun|date=February 6, 2024}} He then ran 7:33.04 to finish second in the 3000m at the 2024 Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais in Lievin.{{cite web|website=LetsRun|accessdate=28 February 2024|url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2024/02/2024-lievin-girma-tsegay-come-just-shy-of-wrs-as-holloway-knighton-bol-earn-big-wins/|title= 2024 Liévin: Girma & Tsegay Come Just Shy of WRs as Holloway, Knighton, Bol Earn Big Wins|first1=Robert|last1=Johnson|first2=Jonathan|last2=Gault|date=10 February 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5043/results-meeting-hauts-de-france-pas-de-calais-lievin-2024|website=Watch Athletics|date=10 February 2024|accessdate=28 February 2024|title= Results: Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Lievin 2024}}
He was selected to run for Ethiopia at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow in the 1500m.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/glasgow24/news/preview/wic-glasgow-24-preview-1500m|website=World Athletics|accessdate=27 February 2024|date=27 February 2024|title= WIC Glasgow 24 preview: 1500m}} He qualified for the final before finishing in ninth place overall.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5135/men-s-1500m-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=1 March 2024|title= Men's 1500m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024 }}
He finished second at the 2024 Diamond League Shanghai over 5000 metres in a personal best time of 12:56.37.{{cite web|url= https://shanghai.diamondleague.com/news/shanghai/athletes-flying-at-the-shanghai-suzhou-wanda-diamond-league-2024/|website=Shanghai.Diamondleague|accessdate=28 April 2024|title= ATHLETES FLYING AT THE SHANGHAI/SUZHOU WANDA DIAMOND LEAGUE 2024|date=27 April 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/daryll-neita-enjoys-big-win-at-diamond-league-in-suzhou-1039977871/|website=Athletics Weekly|title= Daryll Neita enjoys big win at Diamond League in Suzhou|first=Jason|last=Henderson |date=April 27, 2024 |accessdate=28 April 2024}} He set a new outdoors personal best over 5000m running 12:54.10 at the Los
On 14 June 2024, Biniam competed in the Ethiopian Olympic 10,000m trials in Nerja, Spain. In one of the highest quality 10,000m races ever, four men finished inside 26:40 and six men finished inside 26:50 for the first time. Even though then 17-year-old Biniam Mehary did not qualify to compete in the Paris Olympic Games, he placed fourth in a world U20 record of 26:37.93, taking four seconds off the previous mark set 19 years ago by the late Samuel Wanjiru.{{Cite web |title=Kejelcha prevails over Aregawi at Ethiopian Olympic 10,000m trials {{!}} REPORT {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/kejelcha-ethiopia-olympic-10000m-trials-nerja |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=worldathletics.org}} He was later included in the Ethiopian team for the 2024 Paris Olympics replacing Yomif Kejelcha, where he placed sixth in the 5000m final.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5855/men-s-5000m-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=8 September 2024|date=10 August 2024|title=Men's 5000m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics
He set a world under-20 record of 7:29.99 for the 3000 metres
in Liévin on 13 February 2025.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/ingebrigtsen-world-indoor-1500m-mile-records-lievin|website=World Athletics|accessdate=14 February 2025|title= Ingebrigtsen smashes world indoor 1500m and mile records in Lievin|date=13 February 2025}} He was selected for the 3000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, where he finished in ninth place.{{cite web| url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/nanjing25/news/news/ethiopian-team-nanjing-25 |website=World Athletics |date=14 March 2025|title= Tsegay, Duguma, Tefera and Hailu to represent Ethiopia in Nanjing|accessdate=14 March 2025}}{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7136586?eventId=10229560&gender=M|website=World Athletics|title=World Athletics Indoor Championships|date=22 March 2025|accessdate=22 March 2025}}
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Category:Ethiopian male middle-distance runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Ethiopia
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics