Yemaneberhan Crippa
Crippa in 2022
Personal information
National teamItaly: 10 caps (2018–2020)
Born (1996-10-15) 15 October 1996 (age 27)[1]
Dessie, Wollo, Ethiopia[1]
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight53 kg (117 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryItaly
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long-distance running
Cross country running
ClubValsugana Trentino
Fiamme Oro Padova
Coached byMassimo Pegoretti
Marco Borsari (2007–2011)
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Italy
International competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
European Championships 1 0 2
European Team Championships 2 0 0
European Cross Country C'ships 0 0 2
European 10,000m Cup 2 0 1
Mediterranean Games 0 0 1
Total 5 0 6
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich 10,000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Berlin 10,000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Munich 5000 m
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 5000 m
European 10,000m Cup
Gold medal – first place 2023 Pacé 10,000 m
Gold medal – first place 2019 London 10,000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2018 London 10,000 m
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Bydgoszcz 5000 m
European U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Eskilstuna 5000 m
European Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Samokov U20 race
Gold medal – first place 2015 Hyères U20 race
Silver medal – second place 2022 Turin Senior team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Chia U23 race
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Šamorín U23 race
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tilburg Senior team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lisbon Senior race
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Taragona 5000 m

Yemaneberhan "Yeman" Crippa (born 15 October 1996)[2] is an Ethiopian-born Italian long-distance runner. He won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres and bronze for the 5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships in 2022, and bronze in the 10,000 m in 2018. Crippa claimed four medals in the age-group races at the European Cross Country Championships and a bronze in the senior race in 2019.

He earned the bronze medal in the 5000 m at the 2015 European Junior Championships and gold at the 2017 European U23 Championships. Crippa holds six Italian records (3000 m, 5000 m out and indoors, 10,000 m, 5 km road race and half marathon) and won five national titles.

Biography

Born in Dessie, in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia, Yemaneberhan lost his Ethiopian 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.[3][4]

Winning several medals in various age categories, Crippa made his senior debut at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam, finishing eighth in the 5000 metres. A year later, he placed seventh in the 3000 metres at the 2017 European Indoor Championships held in Belgrade.[2]

In 2019, he set the 10,000 metres national record at the Doha World Championship with a time of 27:10.76.[5]

Crippa represented Italy at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, competing in the 5000 m, and 10,000 m events.[2]

In February 2022, he broke the Italian half marathon record with a 59:26 performance in Naples, becoming the first Italian athlete to hold national records in the 3000 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m and half marathon.[6] Crippa enjoyed a successful year by winning European 10,000 m gold and bronze in the 5000 m at Munich 2022.[2]

In June 2023, he won the European 10,000m Cup.

Achievements

Personal bests

Road

Competition record

Yeman (far left) at the 2019 European Cross Country Championships.
Crippa (center in blue) in group during 5000 m heat at the 2019 World Athletics Championships.
Representing  Italy
Year Competition Venue Position Event Result
2012 European Cross Country Championships Budapest, Hungary 32nd XC 6.03 km U20 19:33
2013 World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 38th U20 race 23:26
World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 6th 1500 m 3:45.02
European Cross Country Championships Belgrade, Serbia 7th XC 6.0 km U20 18:14
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, OR, United States 10th 1500 m 3:47.16
– 5000 m DNS
European Cross Country Championships Samokov, Bulgaria 1st XC 6.085 km U20 20:07
2015 World Cross Country Championships Guiyang, China 20th U20 race 24:52
European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 3rd 5000 m 14:35.39
European Cross Country Championships Hyères, France 1st XC 5.947 km U20 17:39
2016 European Athletics Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 8th 5000 m 13:46.30
European Cross Country Championships Chia, Italy 3rd XC 7.97 km U23 22:54
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 7th 3000 m 8:05.63
European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st 5000 m 14:14.28
European Cross Country Championships Samorin, Slovakia 3rd XC 8.23 km U23 24:42
2018 European 10,000m Cup London, United Kingdom 3rd 10,000 m 27:44.21 NU23R
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
European Cross Country Championships Tilburg, Netherlands 6th XC 10.3 km 29:14
3rd Team 37 pts
2019 European 10,000m Cup London, United Kingdom 1st 10,000 m 27:49.79 SB
European Team Championships Super League Bydgoszcz, Poland 4th 3000 m 8:03.69
1st 5000 m 13:43.30
The Match Europe v USA Minsk, Belarus 3rd 3000 m 7:58.111
World Championships Doha, Qatar 21st (h) 5000 m 13:29.08
8th 10,000 m 27:10.76 NR
European Cross Country Championships Lisbon, Portugal 3rd XC 10.3 km 30:21
2021 European Team Championships Super League Chorzów, Poland 1st 5000 m 13:17.23 CR
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 29th (h) 5000 m 13:47.12
11th 10,000 m 27:54.05 SB
European Cross Country Championships Dublin, Ireland – XC 10.0 km DNF
2022 European Championships Munich, Germany 3rd 5000 m 13:24.83
1st 10,000 m 27:46.13
European Cross Country Championships Turin, Italy 4th XC 9.572 km 29:47
2nd Team 25 pts
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 12th 10,000 m 28:16.40

1Representing Europe

National titles

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Yemaneberhan Crippa Biografia". fidal.it (in Italian). Italian Athletics Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Yemaneberhan Crippa at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Broadbent, Chris (19 December 2014). "Yemaneberhan Crippa – the orphan born to run". IAAF. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  4. ^ FIDAL bio (in Italian)
  5. ^ "10,000 Metres Result | IAAF World Athletics Championships, DOHA 2019". iaaf.org. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  6. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (4 January 2023). "Kipkemboi, Daniel, Kwizera and Chelimo in the spotlight at Campaccio". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  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.

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