Awet Nftalem Kibrab
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| Born | 9 May 1995 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Long distance running, Cross country running | ||||||||||||||
| Club | IK Tjalve Ullensaker/Kisa IL | ||||||||||||||
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Awet Nftalem Kibrab (born 9 May 1995) is an Eritrean-born Norwegian long-distance runner. He was a silver medalist at the 2025 European Running Championships in the half marathon.[1]
Career
[edit]He was born in Eritrea, representing the country at the 2013 World Youth Championships.[1] He joined the club IK Tjalve. Together with compatriot Senay Fissehatsion he moved to Ull/Kisa, before rejoining Tjalve in 2025.[2]
Kibrab began representing Norway internationally in June 2023. He made his international debut in a Norwegian vest at the 2023 World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga, Latvia, where he finished eighth in the 5km in a time of 13:28.[3]
He won the silver medal behind Frenchman Jimmy Gressier in the Half Marathon race at the 2025 European Running Championships on 12 April 2025 in Leuven, Belgium.[4][5]
In August 2025, he won his first national title, winning the 10,000 meters after a largely solo run and resultant personal best time of 28:06.36.[6] In September 2025, he competed over 10,000 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, finishing in seventeenth place.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Awet Nftalem Kibrab at World Athletics
- ^ Gilberg, Runar (28 January 2025). "Awet Kibrab og Senay Fissehatsion har gått tilbake til Tjalve". Kondis (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ^ Corbett, Owen (June 1, 2024). "The Incredible Depth Of The Bislett Games 5000m". Citiusmag. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ Adams, Tim (12 April 2025). "Jimmy Gressier dominates to win half-marathon in Leuven". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ Broadbent, Chris (12 April 2025). "Gressier wins first senior title at European Running Championships". European Athletics. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ Johannessen, Bjørn (3 August 2025). "Awet Kibrab løp solo til NM-gull og ny pers på 10 000 meter" [Awet Kibrab ran solo to NM gold and a new personal best in 10,000 meters]. Kondis. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ "Norges tropp til VM friidrett 2025". sportsidioten.no. September 1, 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
