Birke Haylom

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| nationality = Ethiopian

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| birth_place = Alaje, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

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| event = Long-distance running

| pb = 1500 m: 3:57.66 (Rabat 2023)

Mile: 4:17.13 WU20R (Oslo 2023)
3000m 8:25.37 (Liévin, 2025) WU20R
5000m 14:23.71 WU20R (Eugene, 2024)

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Birke Haylom (born 6 January 2006) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won gold at the 1500 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships.{{Cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/birke-haylom-15009582|title=Birke Haylom|accessdate=May 29, 2023|website=World Athletics}} In February 2023 she won a silver medal in the mixed relay at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships. She is the U20 world record holder in the mile run, 5000 metres, and 1500 metres and 3000 metres indoors.

Career

Haylom won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in August 2022. She ran a championship record time of 4:04.27.{{Cite web|website=Watch Athletics|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/3405/women-s-1500m-results-world-athletics-junior-u20-championships-2022|title= World Athletics Junior U20 Championships Cali 2022 women's 1500m results|accessdate=May 29, 2023|date=August 6, 2022}}{{Cite web|first=Timothy|last=Olobulu|url=https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/sports/2022/08/07/chebet-chepkirui-earn-silver-and-bronze-in-1500m-at-world-u20-in-cali/|title=Chebet and Chepkirui win silver and bronze in final of 1500m World U20 in Cali|accessdate=May 29, 2023|date=August 7, 2022|website=Capitalfm.co.ke}}

In February 2023 she won a silver medal in the mixed relay at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships, held in Bathurst, Australia. Her Ethiopia team completed the course in 23:21, with Haylom racing alongside Adehana Kasaye, Hawi Abera, and Getnet Wale.{{Cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/kenya-win-world-cross-relay-gold-as-aussies-make-podium-1039965174/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=May 29, 2023|date=February 18, 2023|title=Kenya win world cross relay gold as Aussies make podium|first=Jason|last=Henderson}}

At the Diamond League meeting in Doha on 5 May 2023, she ran a new personal best time of 4:01.86 for the 1500m, finishing sixth in the race.{{Cite web|url=https://doha.diamondleague.com/archive/2023/doha/ATHW1500M---DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73C1_1.0.PDF|date=May 5, 2023|title=Results - 1500m women|accessdate=November 19, 2024|website=diamondleague.com}} Competing in the Diamond League in Rabat in May 2023, she set a new African under-18 1500m record of 3:57.66 as she finished third behind compatriots Freweyni Hailu and Gudaf Tsegay.{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/rabat-el-bakkali-tsegay-mahuchikh|accessdate=May 29, 2023|date=28 May 2023|title=El Bakkali, Tsegay and Mahuchikh impress in Rabat|website=World Athletics}}

At the Bislett Games on 15 June 2023, she won the Dream Mile in 4:17.13, a World U20 record. {{Cite web |title=Warholm and Ingebrigtsen outstanding in Oslo {{!}} REPORT {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/bislett-games-oslo-warholm-ingebrigtsen-haylom-bol |date=15 June 2023|access-date=16 June 2023 |website=World Athletics|last=Dennehy|first=Cathal}}

Selected for the 1500m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, she qualified for the final and finished ninth overall.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4544/women-s-1500m-results-world-athletics-championships-2023 |website=Watch Athletics|title=Women's 1500m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023|date=20 August 2023|accessdate=20 August 2023}}

Competing in Boston, Massachusetts in February 2024, she set a new indoor 1500m world U20 record time of 3:58.43.{{cite web|title=2024 NBIGP: Hobbs Kessler Beats Jake Wightman, Noah Lyles Makes Statement, & Elle St. Pierre Is Back|url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2024/02/2024-nbigp-hobbs-kessler-beats-jake-wightman-noah-lyles-makes-statement-elle-st-pierre-is-back/|first=Jonathan|last=Gault|date=4 February 2024|accessdate=5 February 2024|website=Lets Run}} She qualified for the final of the women's 1500 metres race at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. In the final she finished in ninth place with a time of 4:06.27.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5133/women-s-1500m-results-world-athletics-indoor-championships-2024|website=Watch Athletics|date=1 March 2024|title=Women's 1500m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024|accessdate=2 March 2024}}

She ran a world under-20 record of 14:23.71 to place fifth in the 5000 metres at the 2024 Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon.{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/josh-kerr-defeats-ingebrigtsen-in-a-british-mile-record-in-eugene-1039987828/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=26 May 2024|title=Josh Kerr defeats Ingebrigtsen in a British mile record in Eugene|first=Jason|last=Henderson|date=26 May 2024}} She finished fourth in the 1500m at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan Diamond League event in Stockholm on 2 June 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2024/06/2024-stockholm-diamond-league-results-2024-bauhaus-galan-results/|website=Letsrun|accessdate=3 June 2024|title=2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results|first=Robert|last=Johnson

|date=2 June 2024}} She competed in the 1500 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, reaching the semi-final.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5848/women-s-1500m-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=8 September 2024|date=10 August 2024|title=Women's 1500m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics}}

In February 2025, she took seven seconds off the world U20 indoor record with 8:25.37, 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}} She lowered her 1500 metres indoors personal best on 16 February 2025, running 3:59.82 at the Copernicus Cup on 16 February 2025.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/news/copernicus-cup-torun-2025-tsegay-jaeger-jackson-furlani|website=World Athletics|accessdate=16 February 2025|date=16 February 2025|title= Tsegay rebounds with No.2 all time indoor 1500m in Torun}} She was selected for the 3000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.{{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}}

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Category:Living people

Category:Place of birth missing (living people)

Category:Ethiopian female long-distance runners

Category:Ethiopian female cross country runners

Category:2006 births

Category:World Athletics U20 Championships winners

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic athletes for Ethiopia

Category:Diamond League winners

Category:21st-century Ethiopian sportswomen