Yemaneberhan Crippa

Yemaneberhan "Yeman" Crippa (born 15 October 1996) is an Ethiopian-born Italian long-distance runner. who won gold medal at the 2019 European Team Championships (5,000 m) and 2019 European 10,000m Cup. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 5000 m, and 10000 m.

At youth level he won the gold medal at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships and in the under-20 race at the 2014 and 2015 European Cross Country Championships and bronze in the U23 race at the 2016 European Cross Country Championships.

Born in Dessie, in the north-eastern part of Ethiopia, Yemaneberhan lost his parents in the Eritrean–Ethiopian War and landed in an orphanage in Addis Abeba. He was adopted in 2001 by an Italian couple, Roberto and Luisa Crippa, and settled with them in Trento. He was one of the nine children adopted by the couple, together with his older brothers Nekagenet and Kelemu. At the beginning he concentrated on football before switching to running in 2007, both of his brothers also being runners.

Winning several medals in various age categories, he made his senior debut at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam finishing eighth in the 5000 metres. A year later he finished seventh in the 3000 metres at the 2017 European Indoor Championships in Belgrade.

In 2019, he made the 10.000 metres national record at the Doha World Championship in 27:10.76.

Under 23

• 3000 m: 7:43.30 ( Ostrava, 13 June 2018) - current holder
• 5000 m: 13:18.83 ( Palo Alto, 3 May 2018) - current holder
• 10,000 m: 27:44.21 ( London, 19 May 2018) - current holder

Senior

• 3,000 m: 7:37.90 ( Gateshead, 13 July 2021) - current holder
• 10,000 m: 27:10.76 ( Doha, 6 October 2019) - current holder

Outdoor

• 800 metres: 1:50.16 (Trento 2016)
• 1000 metres: 2:32.88 (Ancona 2013)
• 1500 metres: 3:35.26 (Rovereto 2020)
• 3000 metres: 7:38.27 (Rome 2020)
• 5000 metres: 13:02.26 (London 2019)
• 5 km: 13:20 (Bolzano 2020)
• 10,000 metres: 27:10.76 (Doha 2019)
• 10 kilometres: 29:05 (Cuneo 2015)

Indoor

• 1500 metres: 3:51.43 (Ancona 2015)
• 3000 metres: 7:57.25 (Ancona 2016)
• 5000 metres: 13:23.99 (Birmingham 2017)

Crippa won four national championships at individual senior level.

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 1500 metres: 2016
• Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
  • 3000 metres: 2016
• Italian Cross Country Championships
  • Long race: 2016, 2019