Zeineba Yimer

Zeineba Yimer
Personal information
NationalityEthiopian
Born (1998-06-17) 17 June 1998 (age 26)
Sport
CountryEthiopia
SportAthletics
EventLong-distance running
TeamNN Running Team
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
African Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Rabat 10,000 m
World Half Marathon Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Valencia Team

Zeineba Yimer (born 17 June 1998) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She represented Ethiopia at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco and won the silver medal in the women's 10,000 metres event.[1][2]

Career

In 2017, Zeineba Yimer won the Great Ethiopian Run held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[3]

She finished in fifth place at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Valencia, Spain.[4] In the team event Yimer, Netsanet Gudeta and Meseret Belete won the gold medal with a combined time of 3:22:27. In 2020, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.[5]

Yimer competed in the women's marathon at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[6]

Achievements

Representing  Ethiopia
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2017 Great Ethiopian Run Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1st 10,000 m 32:30
2018 World Half Marathon Championships Valencia, Spain 5th Half marathon 1:08:07
1st Half marathon 3:22:27
2019 African Games Rabat, Morocco 2nd 10,000 m 31:57.95
2020 World Half Marathon Championships Gdynia, Poland 4th Half marathon 1:05:39
2021 Olympic Games Sapporo, Japan – Marathon DNF

References

  1. ^ "Gemechu leads Ethiopian 10,000m sweep at African Games". World Athletics – News. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Molla and Yimer win Ethiopian Half Marathon titles". World Athletics – News. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  4. ^ "2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Half Marathon Women Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Women's Half Marathon" (PDF). 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Athletics - YIMER Zeineba". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-09.


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