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dejen gebremeskel at the 2012 summer olympics 3000 m , 5000 m 200px ethiopian men 's athletics track and field 24 november 1989 dejen gebremeskel 2012.jpg dejen gebremeskel
 dejen gebremeskel
dejen gebremeskel

dejen gebremeskel -lrb- born 24 november 1989 -rrb- is an ethiopian long-distance runner who primarily competes in track events .
his personal best of 12:46.81 minutes for the 5000 metres ranks him as the fifth fastest of all time for the distance .
he was the 5000 m silver medallist at the 2012 london olympics and took the bronze medal over that distance at the 2011 world championships in athletics .
he won his first track medals as a junior , coming second at the african junior athletics championships , then taking the bronze medal at the 2008 world junior championships in athletics .
he was a finalist at the iaaf world indoor championships in 2010 and 2012 .
he is a four-time winner of the carlsbad 5000 .
