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| birth_place = Siltʼe Zone, EthiopiaDATE=14 JANUARY 2018ACCESS-DATE=19 JANUARY 2018ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20161125233757/HTTPS://WWW.RIO2016.COM/EN/ATHLETE/MUKTAR-EDRIS-AWEL, dead, | weight = 60 kg| country = EthiopiaSport of athletics>Athletics| event = Long-distance running| club = | worlds = 2013 5000 m, 7th 2015 10,000 m, 10th 2017 5000 m, {{gold medal}} 2019 5000 m, {{gold medal}}| olympics = 2016 5000 m, DQ (4th)| pb = {{unbulleted list3000 meters>3000 m: 7:32.31 (Paris 2017)5000 meters>5000 m: 12:54.83 (Stockholm 2014)10,000 meters>10,000 m: 27:17.18 (Hengelo 2015)}}| medaltemplates ={{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}{{medal|Gold|2017 London|5000 m}}{{medal|Gold|2019 Doha|5000 m}}{{Medal|Competition|World Cross Country Championships}}{{Medal|Gold|2013 Bydgoszcz|Team}}{{Medal|Gold|2015 Guiyang|Team}}{{Medal|Bronze|2013 Bydgoszcz|Junior race}}{{Medal|Bronze|2015 Guiyang|Senior race}}{{Medal|Competition|World Junior Championships}}{{Medal|Gold|2012 Barcelona|5000 m}}}}Muktar Edris (born 14 January 1994) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country races.

Career

Muktar made his first international appearances in 2011, taking seventh place in the junior race at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships (sharing the team silver medal) and finishing fourth in the 10,000 metres at the 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships with a time of 28:44.95 minutes.NEWS,weblink 2011 World Cross Country Junior Men's Race Results, International Association of Athletics Federations, IAAF, 26 January 2013, 2011 African Junior Championships. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved 26 January 2013. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430153829weblink |date=30 April 2016 }}He began to raise his profile in 2012 with two prominent wins on the junior stage. First he defeated Kenyan opposition to win at the 2012 African Cross Country Championships,NEWS, Williamson, Norrie, 19 March 2012,weblink Langat and Chepkirui take African XC titles in Cape Town, IAAF, 25 March 2012, and then he went on to take the 5,000 metres gold medal at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics.NEWS, Valiente, Emeterio, 14 July 2012, 26 January 2013,weblink Barcelona 2012 – Event Report – Men's 5000m Final, IAAF, He performed well in the 5,000 m that year, taking the Ethiopian national title (in the absence of many established runners). He won over the distance at the Meeting Lille Métropole and competed on the Diamond League for the first time, setting a best of 13:04.34 minutes at the Meeting Areva in Paris.NEWS, Negash, Elshadai, 14 June 2012,weblink Driba and Endris impress at Ethiopian Champs, IAAF, 26 January 2013, He had podium finishes on the Italian road circuit towards the end of the year, coming in third at the Giro di Castelbuono and close to victory at the BOClassic, where he recorded the same time as the winner Imane Merga.NEWS, Sampaolo, Diego, 27 September 2012,weblink T. Bekele impresses with 10km victory in Castelbuono – REPORT, IAAF, 26 January 2013, NEWS, Sampaolo, Diego, 2 January 2013,weblink Favourites Merga and Kibet win in Bolzano, IAAF, 25 March 2013, He performed well in cross country at the start of 2013, winning the Campaccio, Cross della Vallagarina and Cinque Mulini races.NEWS, Sampaolo, Diego, 6 June 2013, 18 February 2013,weblink Edris and Degefa take Ethiopian double at Campaccio, International Association of Athletics Federations, IAAF, NEWS, Sampaolo, Diego, 3 February 2013,weblink Ethiopia's Edris and Godfay take the Cinque Mulini honours, IAAF, 18 February 2013, He followed this up with a bronze in the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in the junior race, behind compatriot Hagos Gebrhiwet. In his first road outing of the year he won the Giro Media Blenio race.NEWS, Sampaolo, Diego, 1 April 2013,weblink Edris adds his name to illustrious list of winners in Dongio, IAAF, 2 April 2013, In Stockholm, on 21 August 2014, he recorded the fastest time in the world so far that year with 12:54.83.Muktar Edris IAAF. Retrieved 6 September 2014.On 12 August 2017, he won the 5,000 metres at the World Championships in Athletics 2017 London beating Mo Farah in his last track race at the world championships. The Gold medal was the second for Ethiopia in London 2017 enhancing its world ranking to number 4 on the day.WEB,weblink Edris ends Farah's invincibility in final race, 12 August 2017, 19 January 2018, Reuters, On 30 September 2019, he won the 5,000m race in the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha with a time of 12:58.85.

Personal bests

• 3,000 metres: 7:30.96 minutes (2021)
• 5,000 metres: 12:54.83 minutes (2014)
• 10,000 metres: 27:17.18 minutes (2015)
• 10 km road: 27:57 minutes (2019)

Major competitions {| {{AchievementTable|Eventyes}}

!colspan="6"|Representing {{ETH}}|20132013 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships|Moscow, Russia|7th|5000 m13:29.56)|20152015 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships|Beijing, China|10th|10000 m27:54.47)|20162016 Summer Olympics>Olympic Games|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil|{{–}}|5000 mAthletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres>DQ |20172017 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships|London, United Kingdom1st|5000 m13:32.79)|20192019 World Athletics Championships>World Championships|Doha, Qatar1st|5000 m12:58.85) |2021|Ethiopian Trials|Hengelo, Netherlands|5th|5000 m|13:04.69|20222022 World Athletics Championships>World ChampionshipsEugene, Oregon>Eugene, United States|13th|5000 m13:24.67)

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