Abrham Sime

Abrham Sime (born 7 November 2001) is an Ethiopian steeplechase runner. He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.^[1]

Abrham Sime

Sime in 2022
Personal information
Born	(2001-11-07) 7 November 2001 (age 23)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	3000 metres steeplechase
Achievements and titles
Personal best	3000m Steeplechase: 8:02.36 (Paris 2024)
Medal record Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires 2000 m steeplechase

Career

Sime won the men's 2000m steeplechase at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[2][3]

In 2021, Sime was second in the 3000m steeplechase Ethiopian Olympic trials in behind Bikila Tadese Takele with both men running personal bests, Sime ran 8:12:11 to secure the qualification time for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and was later chosen in the Ethiopian squad.^[4][5] However, Sime did not compete.^[6]

He ran a new personal best of 8:10.73 at the Paris Diamond League event in June 2023, in the same race that saw his compatriot Lamecha Girma broke the world record in the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase.^[7] He ran a new personal best in July 2023 at the Diamond League event in Monaco, running 8:10.56 to finish third behind winner Simon Koech.^[8]

He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023. ^[9] In 2024, Sime set a new PB of 8:02.36 at the Meeting de Paris, holding off the fast-finishing Amos Serem to win.^[10] He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025.^[11] The following weekend, he secured a victory in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League, running a time of 8:07.92 to win from Kenya’s Edmund Serem.^[12]

In July 2025, he was provisionally named as a reserve for the Ethiopian team for the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.^[13]