Mizan Alem


Mizan Alem is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 5000 metres at the 2021 [World Athletics U20 Championships|2021 World Under-20 Championships].

Career

Alem gained her first international experience at age 17, in March 2019, finishing seventh in the 2019 [IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race|under-20 women's race] at the 2019 IAAF World [Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships] held in Aarhus, Denmark.
In August 2021, she claimed the gold medal in the 5000 metres at the 2021 World [Athletics U20 Championships|World U20 Championships] in Nairobi, Kenya.
The 21-year-old placed second in the 3000 metres standings of the 2023 World Athletics Indoor Tour, finishing also second behind only Gudaf Tsegay at the tour's Birmingham Final with a new personal best of 8:31.20. In May that year, at a London meet called "The Night of the 10,000m PBs", Alem set a UK all-comers' record of 29:59.03 to win the women's race. She became the 12th woman in history to break the 30-minute barrier, moving up to 11th place on the world all-time list.

Personal bests