Tachlowini Gabriyesos
 Tachlowini Gabriyesos after the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games marathon in Sapporo | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Eritrean |
| Born | January 1, 1998 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | marathon, distance runner |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | marathon: 2:10:55 (2021) half marathon: 1:02:21 (2020) 10,000m: 28:47.67 |
Tachlowini Gabriyesos (born 1 January 1998) is an Eritrean born long distance runner.[1] In March 2021 in only his second ever competitive marathon race he ran the Olympic qualifying time. He was selected as one of 29 athletes across 12 disciplines to represent the refugee Olympic team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[2][3] He was awarded the honour of being the flag bearer for the Refugee team in the opening ceremony.[4]
Gabriyesos had fled Eritrea at 12 years of age, and headed northwards across Sudan and Egypt where he crossed the Sinai Desert on foot to reach Israel. He lives and trains in Tel Aviv where he runs with the Emek Hefer club, supported by an IOC Refugee Athlete Scholarship. Gabriyesos has competed over 3000m, 5000m, 10,000m, the half marathon and the marathon in 2020 and 2021. He was selected as one of six athletes to compete for the Refugee Team at the Doha 2019 World Athletics Championships where he ran in the 5000m.[5]
In October 2020, he was selected to represent the Refugee Team in the half-marathon world championships in Gdynia, Poland, but visa issues got in the way and he wasn’t able to travel. Two months after that disappointment in Poland, he ran a half-marathon personal best of 1:02:21. Three months later, he ran a 2:10:55 marathon at Hula Lake Park in Israel on 14 March 2021. With that run, Gabriyesos had become the first refugee athlete to clock an Olympic qualifying standard for the Tokyo Games, and it was only the second time he had competed over that distance.[6]
Competitions[]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Athlete Refugee Team (World Athletics and European Athletics competitions) and the Refugee Olympic Team (at the 2020 Olympic Games) | |||||
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 34th (h) | 5000 m | 14:28.11 |
| 2021 | European 10,000m Cup | Birmingham, Great Britain | 48th | 10.000 m | 30:29.91 |
| Summer Olympics | Sapporo, Japan | 16th | Marathon | 2:14:02 | |
References[]
- ^ "Tachlowini GABRIYESOS | Profile". worldathletics.org.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 - The Refugee Olympic Team will have 29 athletes over 12 different sports in Japan". Eurosport UK. 8 June 2021.
- ^ "IOC names 29-strong Olympic Refugee Team for Tokyo 2020". www.insidethegames.biz. 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Athletics flag bearers help to light up Olympic Opening Ceremony in Tokyo | FEATURES | World Athletics".
- ^ "Marathon great says athletes could have died at Doha world championships | The Times of Israel". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Get to know Tachlowini Gabriyesos: Marathon man going all out to make the IOC Refugee Olympic Team". Olympics.com.
External links[]
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Eritrean male marathon runners
- Eritrean male long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Refugee Olympic Team at the 2020 Summer Olympics