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Hailu Mekonnen was born on 4 April, 1980 in Ethiopia, is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. Discover Hailu Mekonnen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 43 years old?

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Age 43 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 4 April, 1980
Birthday 4 April
Birthplace Ethiopia
Nationality Ethiopia

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1980

Hailu Mekonnen (born April 4, 1980 in Arsi) is an Ethiopian runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running.

1998

His first medals came in 1998, when he took bronze and team gold at the junior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and won a silver in the 5000 m at the 1998 African Championships in Athletics.

1999

With Haile Gebrselassie as his training partner, he continued to improve, winning the junior race and taking bronze in the senior short course for a medalling double at the 1999 World Cross Country Championships.

He also won the 1500 metres gold medal at the All-Africa Games that year.

Mekkonen attended the 1999 and 2001 World Championships in Athletics and represented Ethiopia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but he failed to make the podium at any of the events.

He followed this up with a gold and team silver in the junior race and an individual and team bronze medal in the short race at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.

He put much of his success down to the help he had received from Haile Gebrselassie, who was his training partner and mentor.

He ran a world junior record in the 3000 m in Stuttgart, Germany, but this was never ratified as he did not undergo the doping controls necessary for record purposes.

He finished seventh in the 5000 m at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics and closed the year with a 1500 metres gold medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games and a win at the Cross Internacional de Venta de Baños.

He set an indoor world record of 8:09.66 in the two miles in Birmingham in February.

2000

However, Mekonnen only managed sixth place in the short race at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, but again he won the team bronze with Ethiopia.

He represented his country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing seventh in the semi-finals of the 1500 metres.

Competing at his first IAAF World Indoor Championships, he finished seventh in the final of the 1500 m. After this he decided that he would not succeed over distance and permanently switched to the 5000 m, saying: "That’s enough for the 1500. It was tried, it didn’t work."

2001

Returning to the cross country championships, he improved to win the team silver at the 2001 edition, although he finished tenth overall.

He finished eighth in the 5000 m at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.

He was selected for the 2001 IAAF Grand Prix Final, but he only managed eighth place in the 3000 m final.

He also took part in the 5000 m at the 2001 Goodwill Games, just missing out on the medals in fourth.

2002

His form improved in 2002 and he won the short race bronze and team silver at the World Cross Country Championships.

He focused on the track in 5000 m the next year and won the 2003 All-Africa Games silver and the 2003 Afro-Asian Games gold medal.

He began taking part in road races and won the Memorial Peppe Greco 10 km. He had his best ever cross country result at the 2002 edition in Belfast, winning a bronze medal for himself and helping Ethiopia to the team silver in the short race.

He ran in the QSI 10 km and was second behind Haile Gebrselassie who set a world best for the distance.

2003

At the 2003 All-Africa Games, he decided not to defend his 1500 m title and instead opted for the 5000 m and he won the silver medal, just beaten by Kenenisa Bekele.

He travelled to Hyderabad in India to compete at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games, where he won the gold in the 5000 m. He took part in the 2003 International Chiba Ekiden and was the fastest runner in the second stage and helped Ethiopia to victory in the fastest ever Ekiden race.

2005

He won the Montferland Run 15 km in 2005.

2008

From 2008 onwards, he began to focus more on road running competitions.

2009

After a long time out of the spotlight of international competition he re-emerged in 2009 after switching to the half marathon and marathon.

Mekonnen came to prominence at the age of eighteen with a silver medal performance in the 5000 m at the 1998 African Championships in Athletics, finishing behind reigning world champion Daniel Komen.

After a long absence from major international competition, he signed up for the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.

However, he failed to finish the race.

He finished second at the Great Scottish Run behind Jason Mbote in late 2009.

2010

The following year, he took eighth place at the 2010 Paris Marathon and even though he fell over midway through the race, he recovered to set a personal best of 2:09:01.

Further improvement came at the Amsterdam Marathon where, despite finishing in fifth, he ran almost a minute and a half faster than his previous best by completing the race in 2:07:37.

2011

He cut another two seconds off his best with his winning time at the 2011 Tokyo Marathon in February.

He was runner-up at the Montferland Run that year, being beaten to the title by Philip Langat.

2012

He returned to defend his title at the 2012 Tokyo Marathon, but could manage only eighth place on that occasion.

on September 22, 2012 he won the heng shui marathon in 2:08.05