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Selemon Barega

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Birth dateJan 20, 2000

BirthplaceGurage Zone, Ethiopia

Height1.70 m

Weight-

Selemon Barega Shirtaga (born 20 January 2000) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.

He won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, silver for the 5,000 metres at the 2019 World Championships in Doha and bronze in the 10,000 metres at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest.

Selemon is a two-time 3,000 metres World Indoor Championship medallist, taking silver in 2018, and gold in 2022. He won gold medals at the 2016 World Under-20 Championships, and 2017 World U18 Championships. Selemon represented Ethiopia in the 5,000m at the 2017 World Championships in London, finishing fifth in the final.

Key facts

3000 Metres Short Track

7:25.82

Half Marathon

57:50

#6 all-time

2026 season best

27:37

May 31, 2026 · Manchester (GBR)

2026 season best

Last competition

Great Manchester Run

May 31, 2026 · 27:37

Great Manchester Run

Medals

Olympic Games: 1 gold · World Championships: 1 silver, 1 bronze

Age

26 years old

As of Sep 12, 2026: 3000 Metres Short Track 7:25.82, Half Marathon 57:50 (#6 all-time), 2026 season best 27:37 (May 31, 2026, Manchester (GBR)) · Last competition: Great Manchester Run, May 31, 2026, 27:37 · Olympic Games: 1 gold · World Championships: 1 silver, 1 bronze · 26 years old

Personal bests

3:32.93

7:25.82

12:43.02

26:34.93

57:50

2:05:00

13:14

3:32.97

7:25.82

27:37

8:08.69

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Medals

	🥇	🥈	🥉	Total
Olympic Games	1	-	-	1
World Championships	-	1	1	2
Total	1	1	1	3

Performance Charts

Season bests

Season	Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Trend	Competitions
2026	10Kilometr	27:37	-	May 31, 2026	↑	Great Manchester Run
2026	Marathon	2:05:00	-	Mar 1, 2026	↑	Tokyo Marathon
2025	1500m	3:32.93	-	Jul 19, 2025	↑	London Athletics Meet
2025	10000m	26:44.13	-	Jul 5, 2025	↑	Prefontaine Classic, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR - Diamond Discipline
2025	10Kilometr	27:49	-	May 18, 2025	↑	Great Manchester Run
2025	Semi	1:01:22	-	Oct 19, 2025	↓	Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon
2025	Marathon	2:05:15	-	Feb 23, 2025	↑	Zurich Maratón Sevilla
2024	1500m	3:37.50	-	Feb 2, 2024	↑	Elite Indoor Track Miramas Meeting
2024	1500m-short-track	3:37.50	-	Feb 2, 2024	↓	Elite Indoor Track Miramas Meeting
2024	3000m-short-track	7:25.82	-	Feb 6, 2024	↑	ORLEN Copernicus Cup
2024	3000m	7:25.82	-	Feb 6, 2024	↑	ORLEN Copernicus Cup
2024	5000m	12:51.39	-	Aug 30, 2024	↑	Golden Gala, Stadio Olimpico, Roma - Diamond Discipline
2024	10000m	26:34.93	-	Jun 14, 2024	↑	Ethiopian Trials by Nerja
2024	Semi	58:57	-	Oct 27, 2024	↓	Medio Maratón Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich
2023	3000m	7:26.28	-	Sep 17, 2023	↑	Prefontaine Classic, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR - Diamond Discipline
2023	5000m	12:54.17	-	Aug 31, 2023	↑	Weltklasse Zürich, Letzigrund, Zürich - Diamond Discipline
2023	10000m	26:51.87	-	Jun 23, 2023	↑	Ethiopian 10,000m Trial
2023	CrossCount	30:16	-	Feb 18, 2023	↓	44th World Athletics Cross Country Championships, Bathurst
2023	Semi	57:50	-	Oct 22, 2023	↓	Valencia Half Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich
2022	3000m-short-track	7:30.66	-	Feb 17, 2022	↑	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais, Arena Stade Couvert, Liévin (i) - Indoor Meeting
2022	3000m	7:30.66	-	Feb 17, 2022	↑	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais, Arena Stade Couvert, Liévin (i) - Indoor Meeting
2022	5000m	12:54.87	-	Jun 9, 2022	↑	Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, Stadio Olimpico, Roma - Diamond Discipline
2022	5Kilometre	13:14	-	Sep 7, 2022	-	Weltklasse Zürich, Letzigrund, Zürich - Diamond Discipline
2022	10000m	26:44.73	-	Jun 5, 2022	↑	FBK Stadium, Hengelo (NED)
2022	Semi	1:00:39	-	Sep 11, 2022	↓	Newcastle upon Tyne (GBR)
2021	1500m-short-track	3:32.97	-	Feb 17, 2021	↓	Copernicus Cup, Arena, Toruń (i) - Indoor Meeting
2021	1500m	3:32.97=	-	Feb 17, 2021	↑	Copernicus Cup, Arena, Toruń (i) - Indoor Meeting
2021	3000m-short-track	7:26.10	-	Feb 9, 2021	↑	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais, Arena Stade Couvert, Liévin (i) - World Athletics Indoor Tour
2021	3000m	7:26.10	-	Feb 9, 2021	↑	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais, Arena Stade Couvert, Liévin (i) - World Athletics Indoor Tour
2021	2Miles	8:09.82	-	Aug 21, 2021	↑	Prefontaine Classic, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR - Split times
2021	5000m	13:02.47	-	May 12, 2021	↑	Campo Sportivo Putti, Bergamo (ITA)
2021	10000m	26:49.51	-	Jun 8, 2021	↑	FBK Stadium, Hengelo (NED)
2020	1500m	3:32.97	-	Sep 25, 2020	↑	Diamond League Meeting, Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha - Promotional Events
2020	1500m-short-track	3:37.32	-	Feb 14, 2020	↓	Meeting de l'Eure, Val-de-Reuil (i)
2020	3000m-short-track	7:33.19	-	Feb 19, 2020	↑	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais
2020	3000m	7:33.19	-	Feb 19, 2020	↑	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais
2020	5000m	12:49.08	-	Sep 8, 2020	↑	59th Ostrava Golden Spike, Mestský Stadion, Ostrava
2019	3000m	7:32.17	-	Jun 13, 2019	↑	Oslo Bislett Games, Bislett Stadion, Oslo - Diamond Discipline
2019	2Miles	8:08.69	-	Jun 30, 2019	↑	Prefontaine Classic, Cobb Track and Angell Field, Palo Alto, CA - Diamond Discipline
2019	5000m	12:53.04	-	Jun 6, 2019	↑	Golden Gala - Pietro Mennea, Stadio Olimpico, Roma - Diamond Discipline
2019	10000m	26:49.46	-	Jul 17, 2019	↑	Hengelo (NED)
2019	CrossCount	32:16	-	Mar 30, 2019	↓	43rd IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Århus
2018	3000m-short-track	7:36.64	-	Feb 13, 2018	↑	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais, Liévin (i)
2018	3000m	7:36.64	-	Feb 13, 2018	↑	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais, Liévin (i)
2018	2Miles	8:20.01	-	May 25, 2018	↑	Eugene Prefontaine Classic, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR - Promotional Events
2018	5000m	12:43.02	-	Aug 31, 2018	↑	Bruxelles Memorial van Damme, Boudewijnstadion, Bruxelles - Diamond Discipline
2017	3000m	7:38.90	-	Aug 29, 2017	↑	Sports Park Mladost, Zagreb (CRO)
2017	5000m	12:55.58	-	Jul 6, 2017	↑	Athletissima Lausanne, Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne - Diamond Discipline
2017	CrossCount	23:03	-	Mar 26, 2017	↓	42nd IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Kololo, Kampala
2016	5000m	13:21.21	-	Jul 23, 2016	↑	IAAF World U20 Championships

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
10Kilometr	27:37	-	May 31	Great Manchester Run
Marathon	2:05:00	-	Mar 1	Tokyo Marathon

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
Semi	1:01:22	-	Oct 19	Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon
10000m	28:57.21	-	Sep 15	World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025, National Stadium, Tokyo
10000m	28:57.21	-	Sep 14	World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025, National Stadium, Tokyo
1500m	3:32.93	-	Jul 19	London Athletics Meet
10000m	26:44.13	-	Jul 5	Prefontaine Classic, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR - Diamond Discipline
10Kilometr	27:49	-	May 18	Great Manchester Run
Marathon	2:05:15	-	Feb 23	Zurich Maratón Sevilla

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
Semi	58:57	-	Oct 27	Medio Maratón Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Zurich
5000m	12:51.39	-	Aug 30	Golden Gala, Stadio Olimpico, Roma - Diamond Discipline
3000m	7:32.49	-	Aug 25	Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, Stadion Śląski, Chorzów - Diamond Discipline
10000m	26:44.48	-	Aug 10	The XXXIII Olympic Games, Stade de France, Paris
10000m	26:44.48	-	Aug 2	The XXXIII Olympic Games, Stade de France, Paris
10000m	26:34.93	-	Jun 14	Ethiopian Trials by Nerja
5000m	12:51.60	-	May 18	USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix, Drake Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
5000m	12:51.60	-	May 17	USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix, Drake Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
5000m	12:55.68	-	Apr 27	Yangtze Delta Athletics Diamond Gala, Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou - Diamond Discipline
3000m-short-track	7:43.64	-	Mar 2	World Athletics Indoor Championships, Glasgow Arena, Glasgow (i)
3000m-short-track	7:31.38	-	Feb 10	Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Trophée EDF
3000m-short-track	7:25.82	-	Feb 6	ORLEN Copernicus Cup
1500m-short-track	3:37.50	-	Feb 2	Elite Indoor Track Miramas Meeting

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
Semi	57:50	-	Oct 22	Valencia Half Marathon Trinidad Alfonso Zurich
3000m	7:26.28	-	Sep 17	Prefontaine Classic, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR - Diamond Discipline
5000m	12:54.17	-	Aug 31	Weltklasse Zürich, Letzigrund, Zürich - Diamond Discipline
10000m	27:52.72	-	Aug 26	World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023, Hősök tere, Budapest
10000m	27:52.72	-	Aug 20	World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023, Hősök tere, Budapest
5000m	13:00.20	-	Jun 30	Athletissima Lausanne, Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne - Diamond Discipline
10000m	26:51.87	-	Jun 23	Ethiopian 10,000m Trial
5000m	12:56.18	-	Jun 2	Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, Stadio Luigi Ridolfi, Firenze - Diamond Discipline
3000m	7:27.16	-	May 5	Diamond League Meeting, Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha - Diamond Discipline
CrossCount	30:16	-	Feb 18	44th World Athletics Cross Country Championships, Bathurst
CrossCount	33:14	-	Jan 8	79th Elgoibar Juan Muguerza Cross-Country, Elgoibar - XC 10.796km

Discipline	Result	Wind	Date	Competitions
Semi	1:00:39	-	Sep 11	Great North Run, Newcastle upon Tyne
5Kilometre	13:14	-	Sep 8	Weltklasse Zürich, Letzigrund, Zürich - Diamond Discipline
5Kilometre	13:14	-	Sep 7	Weltklasse Zürich, Letzigrund, Zürich - Diamond Discipline
5000m	13:19.62	-	Jul 24	World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
5000m	13:24.44	-	Jul 21	World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
10000m	27:28.39	-	Jul 17	World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
10000m	27:28.39	-	Jul 15	World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
5000m	13:19.62	-	Jul 15	World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
5000m	13:24.44	-	Jul 15	World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR
5000m	12:56.19	-	Jun 18	Meeting de Paris, Stade Charléty, Paris - Diamond Discipline
5000m	12:54.87	-	Jun 9	Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, Stadio Olimpico, Roma - Diamond Discipline
10000m	26:44.73	-	Jun 5	Ethiopian Trials Men, FBK Stadium, Hengelo
5000m	13:07.30	-	May 28	Prefontaine Classic, Hayward Field, Eugene, OR - Diamond Discipline
3000m-short-track	7:41.38	-	Mar 20	World Athletics Indoor Championships, Štark Arena, Beograd (i)
3000m-short-track	7:41.38	-	Mar 19	World Athletics Indoor Championships, Štark Arena, Beograd (i)
3000m-short-track	7:51.42	-	Mar 19	World Athletics Indoor Championships, Štark Arena, Beograd (i)
3000m-short-track	7:51.42	-	Mar 18	World Athletics Indoor Championships, Štark Arena, Beograd (i)

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is Selemon Barega's 3000 Metres Short Track personal best?

Selemon Barega's 3000 Metres Short Track personal best is 7:25.82, set on Feb 6, 2024 in Arena Toruń, Toruń (POL) (i).

Which events does Selemon Barega compete in?

Selemon Barega competes in the 3000 Metres Short Track and Half Marathon.

How did Selemon Barega perform in 2026?

2026 season best: 27:37, set on May 31, 2026 in Manchester (GBR). Last competition: Great Manchester Run on May 31, 2026, 27:37.

How many medals has Selemon Barega won?

Selemon Barega has won 1 Olympic Games medal and 2 World Championships medals.

Selemon Barega

Personal bests

Medals

Performance Charts

Season bests

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

Honours

Frequently asked questions