11 Facts About Abreham Cherkos

Abreham Cherkos Feleke is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner.

Abreham Cherkos took bronze at the 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final and represented Ethiopia at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.

Abreham Cherkos won his first major senior medal at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Abreham Cherkos became world junior champion in 2008 and made his Olympic debut, finishing fifth at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Abreham Cherkos followed his sub-13 minute performance with a 12:54.19 in Rome later on in the season.

At sixteen years of age Abreham Cherkos was running under the world record 12 years earlier.

Abreham Cherkos completed the 2006 season with a silver medal in the 2006 World Junior Championships behind his older countryman Tariku Bekele.

Abreham Cherkos competed at the 2010 Giro di Castelbuono in July and finished second, behind Zersenay Tadese but ahead of Samuel Wanjiru and former winner Vincent Kipruto.

Abreham Cherkos began 2011 with a run at the Roma-Ostia Half Marathon and he finished fourth in 61:42 minutes.

Abreham Cherkos was invited to the 2011 Boston Marathon and ended the race in fifth place with a time of 2:06:13.

Abreham Cherkos missed the entire 2013, but returned in 2014 in good form, running a legal-course best of 2:07:08 hours to take fifth at the Seoul International Marathon.