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Saron Berhe
Ethiopian middle-distance runner (born 2007) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Saron Berhe Tareke (born 27 August 2007) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner. She is the world under-18 record-holder in the short track 1500 metres and mile run with a mile time of 4:24.23.
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Saron started her career competing in the 800 metres, finishing 6th behind Werkuha Getachew at the 2021 Pepsi Meet in Addis Ababa.[3][4] In 2022, she contested both the Ethiopian U18 Championships and the senior Ethiopian Athletics Championships in that event; she won the silver medal at the U18 championships in a 2:04.6 best, and finished 8th at the senior championships.[5][6][7]
Running as a professional under Juan Pedro Pineda, Saron made her international debut placing 8th at the 2023 Metz Indoor Meeting.[8] At the Meeting Desafio Nerja in Spain, she finished runner-up in a personal best of 2:02.26.[9] Despite the 800 m time being a world under-18 lead, Saron would see her greatest success in the 1500 m, which she made her international debut for at the Meeting Pro Athlé Tour Stanislas de Nancy in France.[10] She placed 2nd at the 2023 Meeting Madrid in a time of 4:02.30 behind Brenda Chebet, but Chebet was later disqualified for violating anti-doping rules, promoting Saron to first place.[11] Saron placed 6th at the 2023 Xiamen Diamond League in 4:00.86, and 11th at the 2023 Memorial Van Damme in 4:00.46 to end her season.[12] The latter result made her the fastest-ever woman to place 11th in any 1500 metres race.[13]
Saron opened her 2024 season at the 2024 Copernicus Cup, running the short track mile run which was set up as a world record attempt for Freweyni Hailu. Saron joined Hailu, Hirut Meshesha, and Netsanet Desta behind the pacemakers, and despite falling back she finished 3rd in 4:24.23.[14] The time was a new under-18 world best, beating Mary Cain's old record of 4:28.25 by four seconds. Her 1500 m en-route split was 4:06.62, which also beat Gudaf Tsegay's previous under-18 world best of 4:08.47.[15]
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Saron runs under Spanish athletics manager Juan Pedro Pineda, alongside Olympic medallist Gudaf Tsegay.[16] Her twin sister Tegab Berhe is also a runner, having finished 6th at the 2023 African U18 Championships in the 800 m.[17]
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