Awet Nftalem Kibrab
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| Born | 9 May 1995 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Events | 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]
Biography
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 5 km 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, he competed over 10,000 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, finishing in seventeenth place.[7][8]
In December 2025 he set a Norwegian record in marathon with the time 2:04.24 at the 2025 Valencia Marathon, beating Sondre Nordstad Moen's previous record of 2:05.48 from 2017.[9] The time moved him to sixth on the European all-time list.[10]
On 12 April, he finished fifth in 2:05:46 at the 2026 Paris Marathon.[11]
References
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "Norsk maratonrekord i debuten – nå kan det bli full satsing mot OL". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 7 December 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ↑ Johnson, Robert; Gault, Jonathan (December 10, 2025). "WTW: Parker Valby & Katelyn Tuohy come up short at USA XC + what are the keys to fast times in Valencia & wins at NXN". Lets Run. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
- ↑ Mills, Steven (12 Apr 2026). "His first marathon victory! Crippa wins the Paris Marathon in 2:05:18". European Athletics. Retrieved 12 April 2026.