Simon Bairu

Simon Bairu
Personal information
Nationality Canadian
Born (1983-08-08) 8 August 1983
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Residence Portland, Oregon
Sport
Sport Running
College team University of Wisconsin

Simon Bairu (born 8 August 1983) is a former Canadian long-distance runner born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to an Ethiopian mother and an Eritrean father.[1] After a short stint in Athens, Greece, he moved with his family to Canada at the age of three and was raised in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Simon attended Dr. Martin LeBoldus High School, where he flourished at the provincial and national level running scene. Bairu attended the University of Wisconsin,[2] where he was guided by his current coach, Jerry Schumacher, to two NCAA cross-country titles amongst his many running accolades.

Bairu currently trains out of Portland, Oregon, with coach Schumacher as well as Wisconsin teammates Chris Solinsky, Matt Tegenkamp and Tim Nelson. He had a 12th-place finish at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and set a 10,000 m Canadian national record of 27:23.63 minutes in Stanford that year. The 10k record was bettered by Cameron Levins in 2013. Bairu won a record seven Canadian Cross Country Championship titles.

He won the first ever Miami Beach Half Marathon in December 2011,[3] and the San Jose Half Marathon in October 2012.[4]

On September 5, 2014, Bairu official retired from professional racing.[5]

Personal bests

Surface Event Time (m:s) Venue Date
Track 3000 m 7:49.20 Gent, Belgium 7 July 2007
5000 m 13:25.91 Heusden-Zolder, Belgium 28 July 2007
10,000 m 27:23.63 Palo Alto, USA 1 May 2010
Road 10 km 28:30 Ottawa, Canada 26 May 2007
Half marathon 1:02:08 Philadelphia, USA 19 September 2010

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Official Website of Simon Bairu". SimonBairu.com. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Taking the long way: Bairu makes run at Olympic bid in marathon". CBSSports.com. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  3. ↑ Flanagan, with sights on London qualification, runs 1:09:58 in Miami Beach. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-12-16.
  4. ↑ Simon Bairu Wins Rock ‘n’ Roll San Jose Half Marathon Added 2012-10-07
  5. ↑ Simon Bairu retires from professional racing
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