# Amanal Petros: From refugee to European champion

https://mins.news/en/item/26074

- DW, 2026-08-19 11:07 UTC
- Sports
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/amanal-petros-from-refugee-to-european-champion/a-78428504?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Amanal Petros, who fled to Germany as a teenager, won his first major marathon title at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham. His 2:09:11 finish set a championship record, and he dedicated the gold medal to his mother in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.