Yemaneberhan Crippa
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 seven Italian records (3000 m, 5000 m out and indoors, 10,000 m, 5 km road race, half marathon and marathon) and won five national titles.
Biography
[edit]Born in Dessie, in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia, Yemaneberhan lost his Ethiopian parents in the Eritrean–Ethiopian War, where Eritrea won its independence, 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
[edit]Personal bests
[edit]- 800 metres: 1:50.16 (Trento 2016)
- 1000 metres indoor: 2:32.88 (Ancona 2013)
- 1500 metres: 3:35.26 (Rovereto 2020)
- 1500 metres indoor: 3:51.43 (Ancona 2015)
- 3000 metres: 7:37.90 (Gateshead 2021) NR
- 3000 metres U23: 7:43.30 (Ostrava 2018) NU23R[7]
- 3000 metres indoor: 7:57.25 (Ancona 2016)
- 5000 metres: 13:02.26 (Ostrava 2020) NR
- 5000 metres U23: 13:18.83 (Palo Alto, CA 2018) NU23R[8]
- 5000 metres indoor: 13:23.99 (Birmingham 2017) NR
- 10,000 metres: 27:10.76 (Doha 2019) NR
- 10,000 metres U23: 27:44.21 (London 2018)[8]
- Road
- 5 kilometres: 13:14 (Herzogenaurach 2022) NR
- 10 kilometres: 28:02 (Monza 2023)
- Half marathon: 59:26 (Naples 2022) NR
Competition record
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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
[edit]- Italian Athletics Championships
- 1500 metres: 2016
- 5000 metres: 2022
- Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
- 3000 metres: 2016
- Italian Cross Country Championships
- Long race: 2016, 2019
See also
[edit]- Italian all-time top lists - 5000 metres
- Italian all-time top lists - 10,000 metres
- Naturalized athletes of Italy
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Yemaneberhan Crippa Biografia". fidal.it (in Italian). Italian Athletics Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d Yemaneberhan Crippa at World Athletics
- ^ Broadbent, Chris (19 December 2014). "Yemaneberhan Crippa – the orphan born to run". IAAF. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ FIDAL bio (in Italian)
- ^ "10,000 Metres Result | IAAF World Athletics Championships, DOHA 2019". iaaf.org. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (4 January 2023). "Kipkemboi, Daniel, Kwizera and Chelimo in the spotlight at Campaccio". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ "Primati e migliori prestazioni italiane (aggiornati al 13-7-2018)" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- 1996 births
- Living people
- Italian male cross country runners
- Italian male middle-distance runners
- Italian male long-distance runners
- Ethiopian emigrants to Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
- European Championships (multi-sport event) gold medalists
- European Championships (multi-sport event) bronze medalists
- European Athletics Championships winners
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Sportspeople from Trento
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
- European Games bronze medalists for Italy
- European Games medalists in athletics
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics