Merihun Crespi (born 15 December 1988) is a born Ethiopian male Italian long-distance runner who won three times his country's senior national championship and an individual bronze medal at the European Athletics U20 Championships. Biography Born in Blaten, Ethiopia, adopted when he was 3 by Italian family. In 2009 he was azzurro at the Decanation in Paris (7th) and since 2010 he is part of the team trained by Giorgio Rondelli at the XXV Aprile field in Milan. He graduated from the Liceo Scientifico-Tecnologico, he loves music and reading: among all the champions he chooses Paul Tergat. Achievements National titles He won three national championships at individual senior level. Italian Athletics Championships 1500 metres: 2011, 2013 Italian Athletics Indoor Championships 1500 metres: 2012 See also Naturalized athletes of Italy References External links 1988 births Living people Italian male middle-distance runners Naturalised citizens of Italy Athletics competitors of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito