Yemaneberhan Crippa

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Yemaneberhan Crippa
Yeman Crippa.jpg
Crippa after his victory at the 2017 European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country.
Personal information
National teamItaly: 10 caps (2018-2020)
Born (1996-10-15) 15 October 1996 (age 25)
Dessie, Wollo, Ethiopia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long-distance running
Cross country running
ClubValsugana Trentino
Fiamme Oro Padova
Coached byMarco Borsari (2007–2011)
Massimo Pegoretti
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 1500 m: 3:35.26 (2020)
  • 3000 m: 7:37.90 (2021) NR
  • 5000 m: 13:02.26 (2020)
  • 10,000 m: 27:10.76 (2019)
Medal record
Senior level (individual)
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
European Championships 0 0 1
European Team Championships 2 0 0
European Cross Country C'ships 0 0 2
European 10,000m Cup 1 0 1
Mediterranean Games 0 0 1
Total 3 0 5
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Berlin 10,000 metres
European Cross Country Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tilburg Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lisbon Individual
European Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bydgoszcz 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 2021 Silesia 5000 m
European 10,000m Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 London 10,000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2018 London 10,000 m
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tarragona 5000 m
Youth level
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
European U23 Championships 1 0 0
European Cross Country C'ships (U23) 0 0 2
European U20 Championships 0 0 1
European Cross Country C'ships (U20) 2 0 0
Total 3 0 3

Yemaneberhan "Yeman" Crippa (born 15 October 1996) is an Ethiopian-born Italian long-distance runner.[2] who won gold medal at the 2019 European Team Championships (5,000 m) and 2019 European 10,000m Cup. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 5000 m, and 10000 m.[3]

At youth level he won the gold medal at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships and in the under-20 race at the 2014 and 2015 European Cross Country Championships and bronze in the U23 race at the 2016 European Cross Country Championships.

Biography[]

Yeman (left) at the 2019 ECCC.

Born in Dessie, in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia, Yemaneberhan lost his parents in the Eritrean–Ethiopian War and landed in an orphanage in Addis Abeba. He was adopted in 2001 by an Italian couple, Roberto and Luisa Crippa, and settled with them in Trento. He was one of the nine children adopted by the couple, together with his older brothers Nekagenet and Kelemu. At the beginning he concentrated on football before switching to running in 2007, both of his brothers also being runners.[4][5]

Winning several medals in various age categories, he made his senior debut at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam finishing eighth in the 5000 metres. A year later he finished seventh in the 3000 metres at the 2017 European Indoor Championships in Belgrade.

In 2019, he made the 10.000 metres national record at the Doha World Championship in 27:10.76.[6]

National records[]

Under 23
  • 3000 m: 7:43.30 (Czech Republic Ostrava, 13 June 2018) - current holder[7]
  • 5000 m: 13:18.83 (United States Palo Alto, 3 May 2018) - current holder[8]
  • 10,000 m: 27:44.21 (United Kingdom London, 19 May 2018) - current holder[8]

Senior

  • 3,000 m: 7:37.90 (United Kingdom Gateshead, 13 July 2021) - current holder[9]
  • 10,000 m: 27:10.76 (Qatar Doha, 6 October 2019) - current holder[6]

Personal bests[]

Outdoor
Indoor

Achievements[]

Crippa in group during 5000 m heat at 2019 World Athletics Championships.
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
Representing  Italy
Youth level
2012 European Cross Country Championships Budapest, Hungary 32nd Junior race
2013 World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 38th Junior race
World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 6th 1500 m 3:45.02
European Cross Country Championships Belgrade, Serbia 7th Junior race
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 10th 1500 m 3:47.16
European Cross Country Championships Samokov, Bulgaria 1st Junior race
2015 World Cross Country Championships Guiyang, China 20th Junior race
European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 3rd 5000 m 14:35.39
European Cross Country Championships Hyères, France 1st Junior race
2016 European Cross Country Championships Chia, Italy 3rd U23 race
2017 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st 5000 m 14:14.28
European Cross Country Championships Samorin, Slovakia 3rd U23 race
Senior level
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 8th 5000 m 13:46.30
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 7th 3000 m 8:05.63
2018 European 10,000m Cup London, United Kingdom 3rd 10,000 m 27:44.21 PB
Mediterranean Games Tarragona, Spain 3rd 5000 m 13:56.53
European Championships Berlin, Germany 4th 5000 m 13:19.85
3rd 10,000 m 28:12.15
2019 European 10,000m Cup London, United Kingdom 1st 10,000 m 27:49.79 SB
European Team Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st 5000 m 13:43.30
4th 3000 m 8:03.69
The Match Europe v USA Minsk, Belarus 3rd 3000 m 7:58.11 [11]
World Championships Doha, Qatar 21st 5000 m 13:29.06 Heat
8th 10,000 m 27:10.76 NR
European Cross Country Championships Lisbon, Portugal 3rd Senior race 30:21
10th Team 88 pts [12]

National titles[]

Crippa won four national championships at individual senior level.[13]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ EAA profile
  2. ^ Yemaneberhan Crippa at World Athletics
  3. ^ "Athletics CRIPPA Yemaneberhan - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  4. ^ Yemaneberhan Crippa – The orphan born to run
  5. ^ FIDAL bio (in Italian)
  6. ^ a b "10,000 Metres Result | IAAF World Athletics Championships, DOHA 2019 | iaaf.org". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  7. ^ "Primati e migliori prestazioni italiane (aggiornati al 13-7-2018)" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Royal Crippa sui 10.000: 27:44.21 e record U23!" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 2 August 2018. ...fermando il cronometro a 27:44:21. L'azzurro, dopo quello dei 5000 metri con 13:18.83 il 3 maggio a Palo Alto, si impossessa di un altro primato di Francesco Panetta che il 2 luglio del 1985 a Stoccolma aveva corso 27:44.65.
  9. ^ "3,000 Metres Result | Rome Diamond League, ROME 2020 | rome.diamondleague.com". rome.diamondlegue.com. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  10. ^ "Crippa show 3:35.26, il migliore dal 1996!" (in Italian). fidal.it. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  11. ^ Representing the Europe
  12. ^ "EuroCrippa: bronzo a Lisbona nel cross" (in Italian). fidal.it. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2021. Decima la squadra azzurra, con gli altri che non riescono a rimanere nelle prime posizioni: quasi appaiati Nekagenet Crippa (42° in 32:00) e Michele Fontana (43° con 32:03), poco più dietro finiscono 46° Giuseppe Gerratana (32:17) e 49° Said El Otmani (32:26).
  13. ^ "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2014" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

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