Mohammed Aman Geleto (Amharic: መሀመድ አማን; born 10 January 1994) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner. Born in Asella, he is the winner of the 800-meter final at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow. Aman also won consecutive 800 m titles at the

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and 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships. Aman is currently serving a 4-year competition ban set to end in August 2028 for an anti-doping rule violation relating to an evaded test in 2021.

Running career

Aman was the inaugural winner of the

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race at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore. He won a

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in the 800 m at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics, coming in secong behind Leonard Kirwa Kosencha who set a world youth record. He ran an Ethiopian record to win his semi-final heat at the

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, but finished last in the event final. In September he improved his Ethiopian record to 1:43.37 minutes (establishing the world youth best that remains today) behind

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at the Rieti Meeting, then ended Rudisha's 34-meet winning streak at the Notturna di Milano, beating him by seven hundredths of a second in a time of 1:43.50 minutes. He won 800 m final in the

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in Istanbul as the youngest gold medalist athlete. He finished 6th in the 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships held in London.

Competition record

Personal best

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