YemaneberhanCrippa

Yeman Crippa will make his New York City debut just months after winning the Paris Marathon with personal-best 2:05:18, the second-fastest time by an Italian man in history.

He is a two-time European champion, three-time Italian champion, and two-time Olympian. Crippa has had a successful 2026 on his home soil thus far, winning the Naples Half Marathon in 59:01 to shatter his own Italian record, the Palermo 10K, the 10,000 meters at a meet in Pergine, and the Castelbuono Road Race.

Crippa has won European championships in the half marathon, breaking the tape in 1:01:03 in 2024, and the 10,000 meters with a 27:46 performance in 2022. He has also won three Italian championships: the 5,000 meters in 2022 and the 1,500 meters and 3,000 meters indoors in 2016. He has represented Italy twice in the Olympics, completing the Paris Olympic Marathon in 2:10:36 and competing in both the 10,000 meters and 5,000 meters in Tokyo.

Born in Ethiopia, Crippa lost his parents in the Eritrean-Ethiopian War and was adopted by an Italian couple at a young age. He is one of nine siblings, all adopted, and was concentrating on being a footballer before switching to running in 2007.

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