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Girma Zeleke
Girma ( Ge'ez: ግርማ) is a male name of Ethiopian and Eritrean origin that may refer to: * Girma Ashenafi (born 1982), Ethiopian footballer *Girma Asmerom, Eritrean diplomat * Girma Bekele Gebre (born 1992), Ethiopian runner * Girma Bèyènè, Ethiopian composer and musician *Girma Berhanu (born 1960), Ethiopian runner * Girma Tolla (born 1975), Ethiopian long-distance runner * Girma Wolde-Giorgis (born 1924), President of Ethiopia (2001–2013) * Girma Yifrashewa (born 1967), Ethiopian pianist and composer * Girma Yohannis Iyasu (born 1961), Iyasuist claimant to the throne of Ethiopia *Adane Girma (born 1985), Ethiopian footballer * Alula Girma (born 1993), Ethiopian footballer *Berhanu Girma Berhanu Girma Degefa (born 22 November 1986) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in road running events for Canada. His personal best for the marathon is 2:06:09 hours and he was the 2012 winner of Grandma's Marathon. Berhanu made h ... (born 1986), Ethiopian marathon runne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alula Girma
Alula Girma (, born 15 July 1993) is an Ethiopian footballer. He currently plays for Saint-George SA. Career Alula is right back defender and is part of the Ethiopia national football team. The Saint-George player's displays have attracted rave reviews and interest from clubs in Egypt and Tunisia. Alula is a product of Saint-George youth system. His first appearance for the first team came in the 2008 Super cup match against Ethiopia Bunna, a game that ''Kidus Giorgis'' won 4–2. He was given more opportunities with the first team, on the right back side. He went on to make most appearances for the first team that season as ''Kidus Giorgis'' finished safely in 1st place. Alula is now an important first team member, and putting in some brilliant performances. International career Alula debuted for Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeshshiemebet Girma
Yeshshiemebet Girma (born c. 1977) was the second person (and first woman) charged under the Terrorism Act over the 21 July 2005 London bombings, along with her sister Muluemebet Girma. She is married to Hamdi Adus Isaac who was found guilty of having placed an explosive at the Shepherd's Bush tube station. Her charge related to her failure to supply information that could have helped apprehend one of the suspects of the bombings. She is from Ethiopia. The couple have three children and lived in Stockwell, South London. On 11 June 2008, she was convicted of assisting an offender and withholding information from the police. A court heard that she helped her husband flee police by driving him to Brighton as well as having knowledge of the bomb plot before it was executed. On 12 June 2008, she was jailed for 15 years. This was reduced to 11 years on appeal. See also *7 July 2005 London bombings *Ismael Abdurahman On 21 July 2005, four attempted bomb attacks by four Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Girma
Naomi Haile Girma (born June 14, 2000) is an American professional association football, soccer player who plays as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, center back for Women's Super League club Chelsea W.F.C., Chelsea and the United States women's national soccer team, United States national team. Girma played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal women's soccer, Stanford Cardinal, which she captained to the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament, 2019 national championship. San Diego Wave FC selected her first overall in the 2022 NWSL Draft. She won NWSL Rookie of the Year and was named NWSL Defender of the Year in both of her first two seasons, helping lead San Diego to the NWSL Shield in 2023 San Diego Wave FC season, 2023. In 2025, she signed with Chelsea for a reported $1.1 million transfer fee, a List of most expensive women's association football transfers, women's soccer world record. Girma played for the United States at the United States wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahu Senay Girma
Nahu Senay Girma is an Ethiopian women's rights activist. She is the co-founder and executive director of the Association of Women in Boldness (AWiB), a non-governmental organisation established in April 2010 to train women for leadership roles, and has established several charities. Career Nahu Senay Girma was born in Mekelle. Her father, who died at the age of 34, gave her a traditionally masculine name which translates as "something good is happening now", because he was so pleased to have a daughter. She had three siblings, two of whom fell victim to the actions of the Derg regime. Girma lived with her paternal grandmother in Addis Ababa until the age of 7 and then attended an all-girls boarding school. She worked abroad in Canada, the United States, and Italy before returning to Ethiopia. Girma works as a management consultant. Her commissions have included training seminars on cross-cultural working for IBM, Scientific Atlanta, Delta Air Lines, and BellSouth. She ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muluemebet Girma
Muluemebet (Mulu) Girma (born c. 1984 in Ethiopia) was the third person (and second woman) charged under the Terrorism Act 2000 over the 21 July 2005 London bombings, along with her sister Yeshshiemebet Girma. She was charged with "failing to disclose information that could have helped police secure the arrest, prosecution or conviction of a person involved in terrorism", convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment. Involvement in 21 July 2005 London bombings Girma was born in Ethiopia but had resided in Britain for a number of years. She was a former contestant in the Miss Brighton competition, model and graduate in pharmaceutical science from the University of Brighton and her sister, Yeshi, was married to Hussein Osman one of the failed suicide bombers. She was arrested on 27 July 2005 and in early August was charged under Section 38 of the Terrorism Act 2000 with "having information that they knew or believed might be of material assistance in securing the apprehension, prose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamecha Girma
Lamecha Girma (born 26 November 2000) is an Ethiopian athlete who specialises in the 3,000 metres steeplechase. He is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallist in the event and won silver medals at the 2019, 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships. Lamecha also won a silver in the 3,000 metres at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. He is the world indoor record holder for the 3,000 metres, which was set in February 2023. In June 2023 at the Meeting de Paris of the Diamond League, he broke the world record for the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase. Career Early career At age 18, Lamecha Girma earned the junior bronze medal in the 3,000 m steeplechase at the 2019 African Under-20 Championships. The same year, he set an Ethiopian national record in his specialist event during the World Athletics Championships in Doha with a time of 8:01.36. He finished second behind Olympic and world champion from Kenya Conseslus Kipruto who ran 8:01.35; Morocco's Soufiane El Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haben Girma
Haben Girma (born July 29, 1988) is an Eritrean American, American disability rights advocate, and the first deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School. Early life and education Girma was born in Oakland, California in 1988 to an Eritrean immigrant family. Her father Girma Kidane Adgoy was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and her mother Saba Gebreyesus was born in Asmara. Her mother fled the Eritrea Province, Province of Eritrea to Sudan among many other Ethiopian refugees in 1983 during the Eritrean War of Independence and Ethiopian Civil War. Her mother met her father, who was born and raised in Addis Ababa, in California. Haben's parents are fluent in three languages; Tigrinya, Amharic, and English. Girma lost her vision and hearing as a result of an unknown progressive condition beginning in early childhood. In a news article Girma states, "I was frequently left out of the spotlight, unable to fully engage in a world that seemed to forget I existed." She retains 1% of her sight. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaltu Girma Meshesha
Sultan Haydar (; born Chaltu Girma Meshesha, 23 May 1987 in Golerogi, Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian-born Turkish long-distance runner. The tall athlete at was a member of Enkaspor, where she was coached by Nikola Borić. Haydar is currently serving a 30 month competition ban set to expire in July 2026 in relation to an anti-doping rule violation. Career Haydar started off her career representing Ethiopia as a middle-distance runner and was the bronze medalist in the 800 metres at the 2005 African Junior Athletics Championships. She transferred her eligibility to Turkey in 2008. Haydar's first competition for Turkey was the 2008 European Cross Country Championships. She started the women's under-23 race quickly but yielded her early lead and dropped out at the halfway point. She was the 1500 metres gold medalist at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships, then won the under-23 race at the 2009 European Cross Country Championships later that year. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berhanu Girma
Berhanu Girma Degefa (born 22 November 1986) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in road running events for Canada. His personal best for the marathon is 2:06:09 hours and he was the 2012 winner of Grandma's Marathon. Berhanu made his debut over the marathon distance in 2009, competing at the Casablanca Marathon and finishing fifth with a time of 2:15:57 hours. His next outing at the 2010 Valencia Marathon saw a three-minute improvement to 2:12:51 hours. He was also fifth at the Košice Peace Marathon that year. He fared less well in 2011, coming 19th at the Prague Marathon and 13th at the Twin Cities Marathon, barely managing to dip under two hours and twenty minutes that year.Berhanu Girma Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-10-22. Berhanu was only 20th at the 2012 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adane Girma
Adane Girma (; born 25 June 1985) is an Ethiopian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was a member of the Ethiopia national team from 2004 to 2014 and scored 9 goals in 45 appearances. Club career Adane began his career with Hawassa Kenema FC in summer 2007, then left the team and moved to Saint-George SA. He was later transformed to striker, a role in which he did very well by being one of the best scorers of the Ethiopian Premier League in the 2009–10 season. He can also play at full-back. Adane and Getaneh Kebede of Dedebit FC shared the 2010–11 Ethiopian Premier League goal scoring title after they finished the season with 20 goals each. He was also awarded as best player of the league in that season. In 2018, Adane was let go by his long time club Saint George S.C. Soon after, Adane agreed to a contract with his former club Hawassa Kenema FC. International career Adane was a key player for the Ethiopia national team during the qualifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girma Ashenafi
Girma Ashenafi (Amharic: ግርማ አሸናፊ; born 28 July 1982) is a former Ethiopian footballer. He was born in Dire Dawa. Ashenafi played for Ethiopia at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt .... References External links * 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Dire Dawa Ethiopian men's footballers Ethiopia men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Dire Dawa City S.C. players {{Ethiopia-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |