Mohammed Aman

{{short description|Ethiopian middle-distance runner}}

{{for multi|the Saudi footballer|Mohammed Aman (footballer)|the Yemeni footballer|Mohamed Aman (footballer)|the prisoner|Mohammed Aman (detainee)}}

{{Infobox athlete

| name = Mohammed Aman

| image = Mohammed Aman Istanbul 2012.jpg

| imagesize = 260

| caption = Aman at the 2012 World Indoor Championships

| nationality = Ethiopian

| sport = Track

| event = 800 metres, 1000 metres

| club =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|01|10}}

| residence =

| height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|55|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

| pb = 800 metres 1:42.37 (Brussels 2013){{cite web|url=http://www.all-athletics.com/node/175970|author=All-Athletics|title=Profile of Mohammed Aman}}
1500 metres: 3:43.52
Mile: 3:57.14

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}

{{MedalCountry |{{ETH}} }}

{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2013 Moscow|800 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 2012 Istanbul |800 m}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Sopot|800 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|African Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Marrakech| 800 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|African Junior Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2009 Bambous|800 m}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Gaborone|800 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|Summer Youth Olympics}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Singapore|1000 m}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Youth Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2011 Lille Métropole|800 m}}

{{MedalCountry |20px Africa}}

{{MedalCompetition|Continental Cup}}

{{MedalSilver |2014 Marrakech|800 m}}

}}

Mohammed Aman Geleto (Amharic: መሀመድ አማን; born 10 January 1994) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner. Born in Asella, he is the winner of the 800-meter final at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow. Aman also won consecutive 800 m titles at the 2009 and 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships.

Aman is currently serving a 4-year competition ban set to end in August 2028 for an anti-doping rule violation relating to an evaded test in 2021.{{cite news |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2025/05/the-mo-aman-saga-gets-stranger-wada-says-he-still-has-3-years-on-his-suspension-despite-not-competing-since-2020/ |title=The Mo Aman Saga Gets Stranger — WADA Says He Still Has 3+ Years on His Suspension Despite Not Competing Since 2020 |work=LetsRuns.com |date=6 May 2025 |first=Jonathan |last=Gault}}{{cite news |url=https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/2013-world-champion-faces-baffling-doping-ban/ |title=2013 world champion faces baffling doping ban |work=Canadian Running |date=7 May 2025 |first=Cameron |last=Ormond}}

Running career

Aman was the inaugural winner of the 1000 metres race at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore. He won a silver medal in the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, coming in secong behind Leonard Kirwa Kosencha who set a world youth record.{{cite news |url=http://www.universalsports.com/news-blogs/article/newsid=541524.html |title=Kosencha blazes 1:44.08 World Youth record in 800m |work=Universal Sports |date=9 July 2011 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.iaaf.org/WYC11/news/newsid=60778.html |title=Kosencha blazes 1:44.08 World Youth best |work=IAAF |date=9 July 2011 }} He ran an Ethiopian record to win his semi-final heat at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but finished last in the event final.

In September he improved his Ethiopian record to 1:43.37 minutes (establishing the world youth best that remains today) behind David Rudisha at the Rieti Meeting, then ended Rudisha's 34-meet winning streak at the Notturna di Milano, beating him by seven hundredths of a second in a time of 1:43.50 minutes.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/6989394/david-rudisha-suffers-rare-loss-800m-milan-meet |title=David Rudisha suffers rare loss in 800m at Milan Notturna meet |work=ESPN |date=18 September 2011 }}

He won 800 m final in the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul as the youngest gold medalist athlete.

He finished 6th in the 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships held in London.{{Cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5151/AT-800-M-f----.RS6.pdf |title=800 Metres Men - Final | date=8 August 2017}}

Competition record

{{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"|Representing {{ETH}}
2009

|African Junior Championships

|Bambous, Mauritius

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|800 m

|1:48.82

2010

|Youth Olympic Games

|Singapore

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|1000 m

|2:19.54

rowspan=3|2011

|African Junior Championships

|Gaborone, Botswana

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|800 m

|1:46.62

World Youth Championships

|Lille, France

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|800 m

|1:44.68

World Championships

|Daegu, South Korea

|8th

|800 m

|1:45.93

rowspan=2|2012

|World Indoor Championships

|Istanbul, Turkey

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|800 m

|1:48.36

Olympic Games

|London, United Kingdom

|6th

|800 m

|1:43.20

2013

|World Championships

|Moscow, Russia

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|800 m

|1:43.31

rowspan=2|2014

|World Indoor Championships

|Sopot, Poland

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|800 m

|1:46.40

African Championships

|Marrakech, Morocco

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|800 m

|1:48.74

2015

|World Championships

|Beijing, China

| —

|800 m

|DQ

rowspan=2|2016

|World Indoor Championships

|Portland, United States

|4th

|800 m

|1:47.97

Olympic Games

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|18th (sf)

|800 m

|1:46.14

2017

|World Championships

|London, United Kingdom

|6th

|800 m

|1:46:06

Personal best

class="wikitable"

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!Performance

!Date

!Place

800 m

|1:42.37

|7 September 2013

|Brussels

1000 m

|2:19.54

|22 August 2010

|Singapore

1500 m

|3:43.52

|12 June 2011

|Brazzaville

One Mile

|3:57.14

|4 June 2011

|Eugene, OR

References

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