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Aron Kifle

Eritrean athlete

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ20933623
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Aron Kifle Teklu (born 20 February 1998) is an Eritrean long-distance runner. He is the bronze medallist from the 2018 World Half Marathon Championships in Valencia. Aron is also the silver medallist in the 10000m from both the 2016 World U20 Championships and the 2019 All-African Games.

Biography

2015-2017

Aron (Kifle is his father's name) began competing internationally in 2015. On 28 March, he raced in the U20 race at the 2015 World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang, China, placing 19th. Aron finished 11th in his heat of the 5000m at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, not qualifying for the final.

In 2016, Aron competed at the World U20 Championships and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. On 11 July, Aron raced the Leiden Golden Spike 10000m in the Netherlands. He won the race in 27:27.04. On 19 July, Aron placed second in 27:26.20 in the 10000m at the IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1998, 2018, 2016, 2019—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1998-02-20. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Aron, Kifle and Eritrean.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q20933623. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1998, 2018, 2016 and 2019.

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This entry incorporates text from Aron Kifle” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.