Lamecha Girma

Ethiopian athlete

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Lamecha Girma is an Ethiopian athlete who specialises in the 3,000 metres steeplechase. He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the event and won silver medals at the 2019, 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships. Lamecha also won a silver in the 3,000 metres at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. He is the world indoor record holder for the 3,000 metres, which was set in February 2023. In June 2023 at the Meeting de Paris of the Diamond League, he broke the world record for the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase.

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Girma in hospital after fall as El Bakkali wins steeplechase Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali becomes the first man to defend an Olympic steeplechase title since 1936 as Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma falls late on. BBC Sport - Published on August 7, 2024
'What a night!': Girma breaks steeplechase world record Watch as Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma sets a new world record time of seven minutes 52.12 seconds in the steeplechase at the Diamond League meeting in Paris. BBC Sport - Published on June 9, 2023