Zeineba Yimer

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]

Zeineba Yimer
Personal information
NationalityEthiopian
Born (1998-06-17) 17 June 1998
Sport
CountryEthiopia
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long-distance running
TeamNN Running Team
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
African Games
Silver medal – second place2019 Rabat10,000 m
World Half Marathon Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 ValenciaTeam

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
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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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