Hayle Ibrahimov is Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

-born Azerbaijani

Azerbaijani people

The Azerbaijanis are a Turkic-speaking people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as in the neighbourhood states, Georgia, Russia and formerly Armenia. Commonly referred to as Azeris or Azerbaijani Turks , they also live in a wider area from the Caucasus to...

 international middle

Middle distance track event

Middle distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle distance event. The 880 yard run, or half mile, was the forebear to the...

 and long distance track and field

Long-distance track event

Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy. These types of races are predominantly aerobic in nature and at the highest level, exceptional levels of aerobic endurance is required more than anything else...

 athlete, running in the disciplines of 1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m, but also 10,000 m.

He was also one of the nominated in the men's European Athletics Rising Star of the Year Award for his achievements in 2009.

In 31 July 2010, he won Azerbaijan's first ever medal in the athletics, by winning bronze at 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

. He ran an Azerbaijani indoor record

Azerbaijani records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Azerbaijan maintained by the Azerbaijan Athletics Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not recognized by federation-External links:...

 in the 3000 metres

3000 metres

The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...

 at the BW-Bank Meeting

BW-Bank Meeting

The BW-Bank Meeting is an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in January or February in Karlsruhe, Germany. The meeting was first held at the Europahalle in 1985 and is currently an IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting...

 in February 2011, setting a time of 7:42.54 minutes.

2011

On 5 March 2011, he won silver in the 3000 metres at the European Indoor Championships, narrowly losing to Mo Farah.

Personal bests

Distance	Time	Location	Date
1500 m	3:45.00	Baku, Azerbaijan	June 28, 2009
3000 m	7:51.68	Istanbul, Turkey	June 14, 2009
5000 m	13:32.98	Barcelona, Spain	|July 5, 2007
10000 m	30:06.64	Novi Sad, Serbia	July 23, 2009
3000 m (indoor)	7:42.54	Karlsruhe, Germany	13 February 2011

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