# Berihu Aregawi

Berihu Aregawi Teklehaimanot (Tigrinya: በሪሁ ኣረጋዊ; born 28 February 2001) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and the current world record holder in the 5000 m road race and the 10,000 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.
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.
In November 2019, Berihu won the Great Ethiopian Run (10 kilometres road race).

### 2021

On 8 June 2021, he finished third in the Ethiopian trial behind Selemon Barega and Yomif Kejelcha in the 10,000 m to effectively seal his place at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. 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. Berihu finished seventh in the 10,000 m race at the outdoor World Championships held in Eugene, Oregon that year.

### 2023

In February 2023, he won the silver medal on a 10 km course at the World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia with a time of 29:26. The winner was Jacob Kiplimo in 29:17. On 11 March, Berihu narrowly missed by nine seconds Rhonex Kipruto's 10 km world record in Laredo, Spain, clocking an Ethiopian record and the second-fastest time in history of 26:33.
In March 2023, he ran 26:33 at the 10 km race in Laredo, Spain, the second fastest 10k of all time.
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. He was selected for the 3000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.

## Achievements
### International competitions

Representing  Ethiopia :
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result |
| 2018 | World U20 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 3rd | 10,000 m | 27:48.41 PB |
| 2018 | African Youth Games | Algiers, Algeria | 1st | 3000 m | 7:50.98 |
| 2018 | Youth Olympic Games | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2nd | 3000 m + XC | 4 pts |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 4th | 10,000 m | 27:46.16 |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 23 (h) | 3000 m i | 7:58.59 |
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, OR, United States | 7th | 10,000 m | 27:31.00 |
| 2023 | World Cross Country Championships | Bathurst, Australia | 2nd | Senior race | 29:26 |
| 2023 | World Cross Country Championships | Bathurst, Australia | 2nd | Team | 32 pts |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 8th | 5000 m | 13:12.99 |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 4th | 10,000 m | 27:55.71 |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | 2nd | 10,000 m | 26:43.44 |

### Personal bests

* 3000 metres – 7:21.28 (Chorzów 2024) NR
** 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) NR

### Circuit wins and titles, National titles

* Diamond League champion 5000 metres: 2021
** 2021: Zürich Weltklasse (5 km)
** 2022: Eugene Prefontaine Classic (5000m, WL MR PB)
* Ethiopian Championships
** 10,000 metres: 2021