1. Ibrahim Jeilan Gashu is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner who specialises in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres on the track, as well as cross country running.
14 Facts About Ibrahim Jeilan
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Ibrahim Jeilan is a former world champion in 10,000 metres.
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Ibrahim Jeilan won the long-running Giro di Castelbuono road race in Italy.
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Ibrahim Jeilan failed to continue this form the following year and ran only a handful of major races, including the Beach to Beacon 10K.
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Ibrahim Jeilan is currently based on Saitama, Japan and coached by Kiyoshi Akimoto.
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Ibrahim Jeilan began competing internationally for his country at the age of 16 and he won the 3000 metres silver medal at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics, finishing behind compatriot Abreham Cherkos.
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Ibrahim Jeilan failed to finish the junior race at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Mombasa, later saying that "heat and the heaviness of the air suffocated me".
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Ibrahim Jeilan lost his national title on the track, failing to reach the top three at the Ethiopian Championships.
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Ibrahim Jeilan formed part of a three-man Ethiopian sweep of the medals, taking the silver behind Gebregziabher Gebremariam.
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Ibrahim Jeilan started well on the circuit, managing fourth at the FBK Games then finishing as runner-up at the Prefontaine Classic, behind Kenenisa Bekele who ran virtually solo for the fourth fastest ever time.
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Farah had been undefeated up until that point that year while Ibrahim Jeilan had come from relative obscurity, having competed only in Japan for almost two years.
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Ibrahim Jeilan returned to action at the Great Ireland Run, where he finished third.
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Ibrahim Jeilan returned in time for the 2013 World Championships, this time winning the silver medal behind Farah.
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In 2014, Ibrahim Jeilan took his first attempt at longer distances in a major race, running the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon in 1:01:47, to finish tenth overall.