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Yared Nuguse

Basic Information

  • Gender: Male
  • Born: 6/1/1999
  • Status: Active

Residences

  • Hometown: Louisville, KY
  • High School: duPont Manual High School
  • College: University of Notre Dame

Athlete Info

  • Event: Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field
  • Coach: Sean Carlson
  • Agent: N/A

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Olympic Games

  • 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, DNS (1500m)

World Athletics Championships

  • 2018 World U20 Championships, H3-eighth (1500m)

Other Career Highlights

  • 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships, silver (1500m)
  • 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, bronze (1500m)
  • 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships, gold (1500m)
  • 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships, gold (Distance Medley Relay)
  • 2018 USATF Junior (U20) Championships, gold (1500m)
  • 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships, silver (Distance Medley Relay)

Personal

Studying biochemistry at Notre Dame...set the NCAA 1500m record on May 13 in Raleigh, North Carolina...Nuguse is using his platform to raise awareness of a crisis in his family’s country of origin in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, which is in the middle of a civil war...Nuguse, who has family members that still live in the area, has participated in several protests in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky; made donations to help those in the Tigray region; and shared resources through Instagram to inform and call for action.

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