Robel Fsiha
Swedish long-distance runner
![]() Robel Fsiha in 2019 | |
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Born | (1996-03-07) 7 March 1996 (age 28) Eritrea |
Occupation | Long-distance runner |
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Country | Sweden |
Sport | Long-distance running |
Robel Fsiha (born 7 March 1996)[1] is a Swedish long-distance runner.
Fsiha emigrated from Eritrea to Sweden as a refugee in 2013.[2]
Career
In 2019, he competed in the senior men's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark.[3] He finished in 17th place.[3] In the same year, he won the senior men's race at the 2019 European Cross Country Championships held in Lisbon, Portugal.[4]
Fsiha was banned from competition for four years in May 2020 after testing positive for artificial testosterone.[5] The ban lasts from 5 February 2020 till 4 February 2024.[5]
References
- ^ "Robel Fsiha". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ Grip, Mikael (2017-06-15). "Nya mästare på 10 km landsväg". Spring Löpning För Alla. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
- ^ a b "Senior men's race" (PDF). 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "Fsiha defeats the favourites to win senior men's gold for Sweden". European Athletics. 8 December 2019. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ a b Houston, Michael (17 May 2020). "European cross country champion Fsiha given four-year doping ban". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
External links
- Robel Fsiha at World Athletics
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European Cross Country Championships champions in men's cross country running
- 1994:
Paulo Guerra (POR)
- 1995:
Paulo Guerra (POR)
- 1996:
Jon Brown (GBR)
- 1997:
Carsten Jørgensen (DEN)
- 1998:
Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
- 1999:
Paulo Guerra (POR)
- 2000:
Paulo Guerra (POR)
- 2001:
Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
- 2002:
Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
- 2003:
Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
- 2004:
Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
- 2005:
Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
- 2006:
Mo Farah (GBR)
- 2007:
Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
- 2008:
Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
- 2009:
Alemayehu Bezabeh (ESP)
- 2010:
Serhiy Lebid (UKR)
- 2011:
Atelaw Yeshetela Bekele (BEL)
- 2012:
Andrea Lalli (ITA)
- 2013:
Alemayehu Bezabeh (ESP)
- 2014:
Polat Kemboi Arıkan (TUR)
- 2015:
Ali Kaya (TUR)
- 2016:
Aras Kaya (TUR)
- 2017:
Kaan Kigen Özbilen (TUR)
- 2018:
Filip Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
- 2019:
Robel Fsiha (SWE)
- 2021:
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
- 2022:
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
- 2023:
Yann Schrub (FRA)
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