{{short description|Ethiopian athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Abrham Sime | image = Athletissima_2022_8363.jpg | image_size = | caption = Sime in 2022 | full_name = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|11|7|df=y}} | birth_place = | hometown = | alma_mater = | height = | weight = | sport = Athletics | event = 3000 metres steeplechase | universityteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | coach = | pb = '''3000m Steeplechase''': 8:02.36 (Paris 2024) | show-medals = | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Competition|Youth Olympic Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2018 Buenos Aires|2000 m steeplechase}} | medaltemplates-title = }} '''Abrham Sime''' (born 7 November 2001) is an Ethiopian steeplechase runner. He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/abrham-sime-14852011|title=Abrham SIME | Profile|website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
==Career== Sime won the men's 2000m steeplechase at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-sports.org/abrham-sime-athletics-spf563795.html|title=Athletics - Abrham Sime (Ethiopia)|website=www.the-sports.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2502990|title=Olympedia – Abrham Sime|website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/news/ethiopian-team-tokyo-olympic-games|title=Ethiopia selects 34 athletes for Tokyo | NEWS | World Athletics|access-date=6 August 2021|archive-date=2 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702121932/https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/news/ethiopian-team-tokyo-olympic-games|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/06/2021-ethiopian-olympic-trials-wins-for-getnet-wale-selemon-barega-in-new-events-as-new-contenders-emerge-fast-times-abound/|title=2021 Ethiopian Olympic Trials: Gudaf Tsegay (14:13) & Getnet Wale (12:53) Among Six World-Leading Times as New Stars Emerge|date=June 8, 2021|website=LetsRun.com}}</ref> However, Sime did not compete.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1781707-abrham-sime-tufa.htm |title=Abrham Sime |website=Tokyo2020.org<!-- same as olympics.com/tokyo-2020 --> |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=6 August 2021 |archive-date=6 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806122813/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1781707-abrham-sime-tufa.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/article/12485/results-meeting-de-paris-diamond-league-2023|title=Results:Meeting de Paris 2023|website=Watch Athletics|date=9 June 2023|accessdate=10 June 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4464/men-s-3000m-steeplechase-results-monaco-diamond-league-herculis-2023|website=Watchathletics.com|accessdate=22 July 2023|date=21 July 2023|title=Men's 3000m Steeplechase Monaco 21 July 2023}}</ref>
He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4541/men-s-3000m-steeplechase-results-world-athletics-championships-2023|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=22 August 2023|title=Men's 3000m Steeplechase Results: World Athletics Championships 2023|date=22 August 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://citiusmag.com/articles/meeting-de-paris-diamond-league-recap-2024|website=Citius Mag|last=Hof-Mahoney|first=Paul|date=July 7, 2024|access-date=July 8, 2024|title=Paris Diamond League Takeaways: Faith Kipyegon, Yaroslava Mahuchikh Shatter World Records}}</ref> He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6564/results-xiamen-diamond-league-2025|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=2 May 2025|title= Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2025|date=26 April 2025}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|website=World Athletics|accessdate=3 May 2025|title=Tinch and Duplantis fly in Shanghai/Keqiao|date=3 May 2025|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/shanghai-keqiao-diamond-league-tinch-duplantis}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.pulsesports.co.ke/athletics/story/faith-kipyegon-and-co-learn-world-championships-rivals-as-ethiopia-unveil-formidable-squad-2025072810441764648|website=Pulse Sports|accessdate=28 July 2025|title= Faith Kipyegon and Co Learn World Championships Rivals as Ethiopia Unveil Formidable Squad|date=28 July 2025}}</ref> He placed eighth in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6951/results-zurich-diamond-league-weltklasse-2025 |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=29 August 2025|date=28 August 2025|first=Jasmine|last=Collett|title= Results - Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Authority control}} {{Footer Youth Olympic Champions Athletics 2000m Steeplechase Boys}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sime, Abrham}} Category:2001 births Category:Living people Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 African Youth Games Category:Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:Youth Olympic gold medalists for Ethiopia Category:Ethiopian men steeplechase runners Category:21st-century Ethiopian sportsmen