Birke Haylom

Birke Haylom

Haylom (far left) in 2023
Personal information
Nationality	Ethiopian
Born	(2006-01-06) January 6, 2006 (age 18) Alaje, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Sport
Country	Ethiopia
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	1500 m: 3:57.66 (Rabat 2023) Mile: 4:17.13 WU20R (Oslo 2023) 5000m 14:23.71 WU20R (Eugene, 2024)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Ethiopia World Junior Championships 2022 Cali 1500 m World Cross Country Championships 2023 Bathurst Mixed relay

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.[1] 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 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.[2][3]

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.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

At the Bislett Games on 15 June 2023, she won the Dream Mile in 4:17.13, a World U20 record. [7]

Selected for the 1500m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, she qualified for the final and finished ninth overall.[8]

Competing in Boston, Massachusetts in February 2024, she set a new indoor 1500m world U20 record time of 3:58.43.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11] She finished fourth in the 1500m at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan Diamond League event in Stockholm on 2 June 2024.[12] She competed in the 1500 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, reaching the semi-final.[13]

References

1. "Birke Haylom". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
2. "World Athletics Junior U20 Championships Cali 2022 women's 1500m results". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
3. Olobulu, Timothy (7 August 2022). "Chebet and Chepkirui win silver and bronze in final of 1500m World U20 in Cali". Capitalfm.co.ke. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
4. Henderson, Jason (18 February 2023). "Kenya win world cross relay gold as Aussies make podium". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
5. "Results - 1500m women" (PDF). diamondleague.com. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
6. "El Bakkali, Tsegay and Mahuchikh impress in Rabat". World Athletics. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
7. Dennehy, Cathal (15 June 2023). "Warholm and Ingebrigtsen outstanding in Oslo | REPORT | World Athletics". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
8. "Women's 1500m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
9. Gault, Jonathan (4 February 2024). "2024 NBIGP: Hobbs Kessler Beats Jake Wightman, Noah Lyles Makes Statement, & Elle St. Pierre Is Back". Lets Run. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
10. "Women's 1500m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
11. Henderson, Jason (26 May 2024). "Josh Kerr defeats Ingebrigtsen in a British mile record in Eugene". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
12. Johnson, Robert (2 June 2024). "2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results". Letsrun. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
13. "Women's 1500m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

External links

• Birke Haylom at World Athletics