Yemaneberhan Crippa

Yemaneberhan Crippa
Yemaneberhan Crippa in 2017
Personal information
Born (1996-10-15) 15 October 1996
Wollo, Ethiopia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 1500 m, 5000 m
Club Valsugana Trentino
Fiamme Oro Padova
Coached by Marco Borsari (2007–2011)
Massimo Pegoretti
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 5000 m: 13:18.83 (2018)
  • 10,000 m: 27:44.21 (2018)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
European Championships 0 0 1
Mediterranean Games 0 0 1
European Cross Country C'ships 0 0 1
European 10,000m Cup 0 0 1
European U23 Championships 1 0 0
European Cross Country C'ships (U23) 0 0 1
European U20 Championships 0 0 1
European Cross Country C'ships (U20) 2 0 0
Total 3 0 6
European Championships
2018 Berlin10,000 metres
Mediterranean Games
2018 Tarragona 5000 m
European U23 Championships
2017 Bydgoszcz 5000 m

Yemaneberhan Crippa (born 15 October 1996) is an Ethiopian-born Italian middle and long-distance runner.[2] He won the gold medal in the junior race at the 2014 and 2015 European Cross Country Championships. and bronze in the U23 race at the 2016 European Cross Country Championships.

Biography

Born in Wollo in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia, Yemaneberhan lost his parents in the Eritrean–Ethiopian War and landed in an orphanage in Addis Abeba. He was adopted in 2001 by an Italian couple, Roberto and Luisa Crippa, and settled with them in Trento. He was one of the nine children adopted by the couple, together with his older brothers Nekagenet and Kelemu. At the beginning he concentrated on football before switching to running in 2007, both of his brothers also being runners.[3][4]

Winning several medals in various age categories, he made his senior debut at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam finishing eighth in the 5000 metres. A year later he finished seventh in the 3000 metres at the 2017 European Indoor Championships in Belgrade.

National records

Under 23

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
Representing  Italy
2012 European Cross Country Championships Budapest, Hungary 32nd Junior race
2013 World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 38th Junior race
World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 6th 1500 m 3:45.02
European Cross Country Championships Belgrade, Serbia 7th Junior race
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 10th 1500 m 3:47.16
European Cross Country Championships Samokov, Bulgaria 1st Junior race
2015 World Cross Country Championships Guiyang, China 20th Junior race
European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 3rd 5000 m 14:35.39
European Cross Country Championships Hyères, France 1st Junior race
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 8th 5000 m 13:46.30
European Cross Country Championships Chia, Italy 3rd U23 race
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 7th 3000 m 8:05.63
European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st 5000 m 14:14.28
European Cross Country Championships Samorin, Slovakia 3rd U23 race
2018 European 10,000m Cup London, United Kingdom 3rd 10000 m 27:44.21PB
Mediterranean Games Tarragona, Spain 3rd 5000 m 13:56.53
European Championships Berlin, Germany 4th 5000 m 13:19.85
3rd 10,000 m 28:12.15

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

See also

References

  1. ↑ EAA profile
  2. ↑ Yemaneberhan Crippa at IAAF
  3. ↑ Yemaneberhan Crippa – The orphan born to run
  4. ↑ FIDAL bio (in Italian)
  5. ↑ "Primati e migliori prestazioni italiane (aggiornati al 13-7-2018)" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Royal Crippa sui 10.000: 27:44.21 e record U23!" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 2 August 2018. ...fermando il cronometro a 27:44:21. L'azzurro, dopo quello dei 5000 metri con 13:18.83 il 3 maggio a Palo Alto, si impossessa di un altro primato di Francesco Panetta che il 2 luglio del 1985 a Stoccolma aveva corso 27:44.65.
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