About Hagos Gebrhiwet
Hagos Gebrhiwet Berhe (Tigrinya: ሓጎስ ገብረሂወት, born 11 May 1994) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 5,000 m at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the 5 km at the 2023 World Road Running Championships. He has also won silver and bronze medals at the World Athletics Championships. Hagos is the second-fastest man of all time in the 5,000 metres. A successful junior, he won gold in the junior race at the 2013 World Cross Country Championships. == Early life == Born in Ts'a'ida Imba, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. he took up running seriously in 2010. He came sixth in the 5,000 metres at the 2011 Ethiopian National Championships and was selected to run the 3,000 metres at that year's World Youth Championships, where he finished fifth with a time of 7:45.11 minutes. Hagos noted that his first national selection had helped him develop his running and he went on to win the junior title at the Ethiopian Club's Cross Country, competing for Mesfin Engineering.
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