Samuel Tsegay Tesfamriam (born 24 February 1988) is an Eritrean long-distance runner running for the Swedish track club Hälle IF and currently going through the process of acquiring Swedish citizenship,[1] who specializes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres.

[2] A fifth place at the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships gained him a team silver medal alongside Zersenay Tadese.

[5] He ran at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships but was ultimately disqualified as he and Ethiopia's Abera Kuma began fighting on the final stretch.

Reflecting the history of antipathy between the nations, Tsegay accused the Ethiopian of deliberately elbowing him and standing on his heels from behind, thus he reacted by grabbing Abera's leg and threw a punch before dashing to the finish.

Although this time brought him the national record for the marathon, previously held by Yonas Kifle, he only finished eighth in the high calibre race.