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 2009 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 1000 metres race at the 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore. He won a silver medal 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 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but finished last in the event final.
In September he improved his Ethiopian record to 1:43.37 behind David Rudisha 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. Aman's time stood as a world under-18 record until 2025, when Cooper Lutkenhaus ran 1:42.27.
He won 800 m final in the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships 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 Representing 2009African Junior ChampionshipsBambous, Mauritius1st800 m1:48.822010Youth Olympic GamesSingapore1st1000 m2:19.542011African Junior ChampionshipsGaborone, Botswana1st800 m1:46.62World Youth ChampionshipsVilleneuve-d'Ascq, France2nd800 m1:44.68World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea8th800 m1:45.932012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey1st800 m1:48.36Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom6th800 m1:43.202013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia1st800 m1:43.312014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland1st800 m1:46.40African ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco2nd800 m1:48.742015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China —800 mDQ2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States4th800 m1:47.97Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil18th (sf)800 m1:46.142017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom6th800 m1:46:06
Personal best PerformanceDatePlace800 m1:42.377 September 2013Brussels1000 m2:19.5422 August 2010Singapore1500 m3:43.5212 June 2011BrazzavilleOne Mile3:57.144 June 2011Eugene
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