Berihu Aregawi

Berihu Aregawi Teklehaimanot (; born 28 February 2001) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and the current world record holder in the 5000 m road race. At the Paris 2024 Olympics, Berihu won a silver medal in the 10,000 m, and he placed fourth in the 10,000 m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Berihu won a silver medal at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships. He also won a silver medal in the 3,000 m at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships.

At age 17, Berihu won a bronze medal in the 10,000 m at the 2018 World Under-20 Championships.

Career Berihu Aregawi was the bronze medalist in the 10,000 metres at the 2018 World U20 Championships in Tampere behind Rhonex Kipruto and Jacob Kiplimo. He won the 3000 metres race at the African Youth Games that year. He then went to Argentina for the Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires and placed second in the combined 3000 m event. Berihu finished fourth on his Olympic debut in the 10,000 metres race behind Barega who won gold.

On 31 December 2021, Berihu set a world record in the 5 km run at the Cursa dels Nassos 5K in Barcelona in a time of 12 minutes 49 seconds, improving previous mark of Joshua Cheptegei by 2 seconds. He had 38 second margin of victory.

2022 At the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, he was eliminated in the heats of the 3000 m event.

He ran the fifth-fastest track 5000m time in history when running 12:40.45 to win the Diamond League event in Lausanne in June 2023.

In the 10,000m race at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, he placed fourth.

2024 In 2024, he won the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza, a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting. He won silver at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Serbia. He met the 2024 Paris Olympics standard for the 5000 metres finishing second at the LA Grand Prix in May 2024.

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Berihu secured a silver medal in the 10,000 metres, running 26:43.44 behind Joshua Cheptegei's new Olympic record of 26:43.14.

At the 2024 Silesia Diamond League, Berihu competed in the 3000 metres, running 7:21.28 behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen's new world record of 7:17.55. This time places Berihu as the third fastest 3000 metre runner in history, behind Daniel Komen, who held the previous world record of 7:20.67, and Ingebrigtsen.

2025 In January 2025, he retained his title at the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza in Elgoibar. Berihu was selected for the 3000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025, where he secured a silver medal with a time of 7:46.25 behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who ran 7:46.09.

Be ran a meeting record of 12:50.45 to win the 5000 metres at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League ahead of compatriot Kuma Girma. He finished second in the 10,000 metres at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July, in a race that doubled up as the Ethiopian trials for the 2025 World Championships. In September 2025, he competed over 10,000 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, finishing in twelfth place.

2026 In January 2026, he was selected for the Ethiopian team to compete at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, winning the silver medal in the individual race and gold with Ethiopia in the team competition.

Achievements International competitions

Personal bests 3000 metres – 7:21.28 (Chorzów 2024) 3000 metres indoor – 7:26.20 (Karlsruhe 2022) 5000 metres – 12:40.45 (Lausanne 2023) 10000 metres – 26:46.13 (Hengelo 2022) Road 5 km - 12:49 (Barcelona 2021) World record 10 km - 26:33 (Laredo 2023)

Circuit wins and titles, National titles

2021: Zürich Weltklasse (5 km) 2022: Eugene Prefontaine Classic (5000m, ) Ethiopian Championships 10,000 metres: 2021