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Jena Umar

Ethiopian male middle-distance runner

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ20926437 ↗
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Jena Umar Mohamed (born 24 December 1995) is a male Ethiopian middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 800 metres. He represented his country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing reaching the semifinals.

His personal bests in the event are 1:46.07 outdoors (Montbéliard 2015) and 1:49.06 indoors (Mondeville 2015).

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The public source identifies “Jena Umar” as ethiopian male middle-distance runner. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Jena, Umar and Ethiopian.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1995, 2015—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1995-12-24. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Jena, Umar and Ethiopian providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q20926437. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1995 and 2015.

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This entry incorporates text from “Jena Umar” 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.