Winfred Yavi

Winfred Mutile Yavi (born 31 December 1999)[1] is a Kenyan-born Bahraini female athlete who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Mutile hails from Ukia, Makueni County She won the gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships beating Beatrice Chepkoech of Kenya and finished fourth at both the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships. Yavi won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games. She took bronze in the 1500 metres, gold in the 5000 metres and gold for the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships.

Winfred Yavi
Yavi at the ISTAF Berlin in 2019
Personal information
Full nameWinfred Mutile Yavi
Born (1999-12-31) December 31, 1999
Kenya
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
CountryBahrain
SportAthletics
Event(s)3000 metres steeplechase
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Bahrain
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Budapest3000 m st.
Diamond League
First place20233000 m st.
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Jakarta3000 m st.
Gold medal – first place2022 Hangzhou1500 m
Gold medal – first place2022 Hangzhou3000 m st.
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Doha5000 m
Gold medal – first place2019 Doha3000 m st.
Bronze medal – third place2019 Doha1500 m
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Wuhan3000 m st.
Silver medal – second place2019 Wuhan5000 m
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place2021 Konya1500 m
Gold medal – first place2021 Konya3000 m st.
Arab Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Cairo3000 m st.
Gold medal – first place2019 Cairo5000 m
Continental Cup
Representing Asia-Pacific
Bronze medal – third place2018 Ostrava3000 m st.
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 Tampere3000 m st.

Yavi was the bronze medallist in her specialist event at the 2018 World Under-20 Championships.

Career

Born in Kenya, Winfred Yavi transferred her allegiance to the oil-rich Middle Eastern state at the age of fifteen, becoming eligible to compete for her adopted nation in August 2016.[2]

She represented Bahrain at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics at the age of 17 and finished eighth in the steeplechase final in a personal best time of 9:22.67.[3]

Statistics
Yavi races her specialist event at the 2019 ISTAF Berlin meeting.

All information from World Athletics profile.[1]

Personal bests

International competitions
Representing  Bahrain
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 8th 3000 m s'chase 9:22.67 PB
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 3rd 3000 m s'chase 9:23.47
Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 1st 3000 m s'chase 9:36.52
Continental Cup Ostrava, Czech Republic 3rd 3000 m s'chase 9:17.86 [note 1]
2019 Arab Championships Cairo, Egypt 1st 5000 m 17:15.08
1st 3000 m s'chase 10:07.62
Asian Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd 1500 m 4:16.18 SB
1st 5000 m 15:28.87 PB
1st 3000 m s'chase 9:46.18 SB
World Championships Doha, Qatar 4th 3000 m s'chase 9:05.68 PB
Military World Games Wuhan, China 2nd 5000 m 15:15.93
1st 3000 m s'chase 9:19.24
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 10th 3000 m s'chase 9:19.74 [note 2]
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 4th 3000 m s'chase 9:01.31
Islamic Solidarity Games Konya, Turkey 1st 3000 m s'chase 9:34:57
2023 Arab Games Oran, Algeria 1st 3000 m s'chase 9:04.58
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 3000 m s'chase 8:54.29
Asian Games Hangzhou, China 1st 1500 m 4:11.65
1st 3000 m s'chase 9:18.28

Circuit wins
3000 m steeplechase wins, other events specified in parentheses

Notes
  1. Representing Asia-Pacific.
  2. In the heats Yavi ran 9:10.80.

References
  1. "Winfred Mutile YAVI – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ELIGIBILITY - TRANSFER OF ALLEGIANCE (Transfers that have taken place from 25 April to 29 June 2016). IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  3. Winfred Mutile Yavi. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
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