Yomif KEJELCHA

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Date: 12 August 2017

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- DATE OF BIRTH
  Friday, 01 August 1997
- PLACE OF BIRTH
  Ethiopia

INTERNATIONAL
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- Event(s)
  3,000m, 5,000m, 10,000m.
- Championship Performances
  Olympics: 2024 6th 10,000m, 2020 8th 10,000m,
  
  Worlds: 2022 8th 5,000m, 2019 silver 10,000m, 2017 & 2015 4th. 5,000m.
  World Indoors: 2018 & 2016 Gold 3,000m.

Yomif KEJELCHA - Ethiopia - 4th at 2017 World Championships 5000m.

Yomif Kejelcha finishes fourth at the World Championships in the 5,000 metres,
as he did four years earlier in Beijing, though with a time nearly 20 seconds quicker.
Still onlytwenty in London, he was the World Junior Champion in 2014 over 5,000 metres.

2017 World Athletics Championship London.
Men's 5,000 metres final.

1.	EDRIS	Muktar	Ethiopia (ETH)	13:32.79
2.	FARAH	Mo	Great Britain (GBR)	13:33.22
3.	CHELIMO	Paul	United States (USA)	13:33.30
4.	KEJELCHA	Yomif	Ethiopia (ETH)	13:33.51
5.	BAREGA	Selemon	Ethiopia (ETH)	13:35.34
6.	AHMED	Mohammed	Canada (CAN)	13:35.43
7.	KIFLE	Aron	Eritrea (ERI)	13:36.91
8.	BUTCHART	Andrew	Great Britain (GBR)	13:38.73

Yomif leads the field with 400 metres to go at " The Bell". Doing his apprenticeship perhaps.

All
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Yomif KEJELCHA - Ethiopia - Sixth in 10,000m at 2024 Olympic Games.

02 August 2024
Ethiopia

Yomif KEJELCHA - Ethiopia - 5th in the 5000m at 2023 World Championships

27 August 2023
Ethiopia

Yomif KEJELCHA - Ethiopia - 10000m silver medal at 2019 World Championsips

06 October 2019
Ethiopia

Yomif KEJELCHA - Ethiopia - 2018 World 3,000m Indoor Champion.

04 March 2018
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12 August 2017
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Yomif KEJELCHA - Ethiopia - 5,000m U20 World Record in 2016.

27 August 2016
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