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Mizan Mehari - Wikipedia

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Mizan Mehari
Personal information
Birth name	Mizan Mehari
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1980-01-28)28 January 1980 Addis Ababa, Socialist Ethiopia
Died	10 May 2007(2007-05-10) (aged 27) Mount Ainslie, ACT, Australia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country	Ethiopia / Australia
Sport	Athletics
Event	5000 metres

Mizan Mehari (28 January 1980 – 10 May 2007) was an Ethiopian born Australian athlete who competed in long-distance running events. He represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Junior career

Mehari was originally from Addis Ababa and represented Ethiopia in junior athletics. He placed fifth in the junior race at the 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.

Asylum

After competing in Sydney at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Mehari was one of four Ethiopians to seek political asylum in Australia, saying they faced ethnic discrimination back home and the threat of death or imprisonment.^[1] He ended up moving to Canberra and joined the Australian Institute of Sport, under the coaching of Dick Telford.^[2] In order to improve his limited English he enrolled in a language course at Dickson College.^[3] Any money he made in competition he sent back to his family, who remained in Ethiopia.^[3]

Australian running career

Mehari twice won the Australian Cross Country Championships, which were held over 12 km, in 1997 and 1998.

Pending citizenship, he was likely to have qualified to represent Australia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, but instead made the decision to join a group of Kenyan athletes that were competing in Europe.^[4] He was said to have been impatient with his rate of improvement and expressed a wish to train with better athletes in order to fulfil his potential.^[4]

His personal best for the 5000 metres came in a race in 1998, with a time of 13:20.85.^[3] He is the course record holder for the City-Bay race in Adelaide, with a time of 33:42, set in 1998.^[5]

In May 1999 he became an Australian citizen and needed an advance on his AIS scholarship money in order to buy a new passport.^[3] Due to IAAF rules he had to stand out of competition for three months, so wasn't able to represent his adopted country until August, which was just in time for the 1999 World Championships.^[3] He finished 23rd in the final of the 5000 metres.

He was the 5000 metres national champion in 1999.^[3]

Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Mehari was eighth in his heat, timed at 13:24.56, fast enough to qualify as the only Australian in the final.^[6] He ran the final in 13:42.03 and finished 12th out of the 15 competitors.^[7]

Death

Mehari committed suicide at Mount Ainslie on 10 May 2007.^[8] Donations were sought to enable his body to be flown back home to his family.^[9] His memorial service was held in Queanbeyan on 19 May.^[9]

References

^ "Ethiopian athletes seek asylum". United Press International. 29 August 1996. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
^ Eade, Kirsty (3 October 1998). "Top coach praises Burnie Ten field". The Examiner. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Passport to a chance for glory for our foreign legion". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 August 1999. p. 47. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b Johnson, Len (17 July 1998). "Athletics". The Age. p. 39. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
^ Walsh, Ashley (16 September 2012). "City-Bay celebrates 40 years - ABC Adelaide - Australian Broadcasting Corporation". ABC Online. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
^ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's 5,000 metres". Olympics at Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
^ Cauchi, Stephen (4 July 2010). "A survivor makes a fresh start on the run". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
^ "Mizan Mehari takes own life in Canberra". coolrunning.com.au. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Athletics fraternity mourns the passing of Mizan Mehari". Athletics Australia. 17 May 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

External links

Mizan Mehari at Sports-Reference

Australian national champions in men's 5000 m

Note: 3 miles until 1966

1894: Charles Herbert
1896: Alfred Bell (NZL)
1898: William Cumming
1900: Percival Malthus (NZL)
1902: William Simpson (NZL)
1904: Rufus Ferguson
1906: William Steele
1908: G. Sharpe (NZL)
1910: Miles Dickson (NZL)
1912: George Hill (NZL)
1914: James Beatson (NZL)
1920: Harry Grandemange
1922: Reg Webber (NZL)
1924: Randolph Rose (NZL)
1926: George Hyde
1928: Randolph Rose (NZL)
1930: George Hyde
1932: Alex Hillhouse
1934: Fred Colman
1936: Jack Sheaves
1938: Walter Weightman
1947: George Campbell
1948–49: Neville McDonald
1950–53: Les Perry
1954: Geoff Warren
1955: Dave Stephens
1956: John Landy
1957–59: Albie Thomas
1960–62: Dave Power
1963: Trevor Vincent
1964: Bill Baillie (NZL)
1965–69: Ron Clarke
1970: Tony Manning
1971: Kerry O'Brien
1972: Tony Benson
1973: Tony Williams
1974: David Fitzsimons
1975: Andrew Hill
1976: Graham Crouch
1977–79: David Fitzsimons
1980–83: Steve Austin
1984: Steve Foley
1985: Andrew Lloyd
1986: Malcolm Norwood
1987: Gerard Barrett
1988: Andrew Lloyd
1989: John Andrews
1990: Simon Doyle
1991: Rodney Higgins
1992: Andrew Lloyd
1993: Peter O'Donoghue
1994: Julian Paynter
1995–96: Shaun Creighton
1997: Julian Paynter
1998: Shaun Creighton
1999: Mizan Mehari
2000–01: Michael Power
2002: Craig Mottram
2003: Michael Power
2004–08: Craig Mottram
2009: Collis Birmingham
2010: Ben St Lawrence
2011: Bernard Lagat (USA)
2012: Harry Summers
2013: Cameron Page
2014: Collis Birmingham
2015: Brett Robinson
2016: Sam McEntee
2017: David McNeill
2018: Morgan McDonald