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2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior Women's Race
The Senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held at the Aarhus in Denmark, on March 30, 2019. Hellen Obiri from Kenya won the gold medal by two seconds over Ethiopians Dera Dida and Letesenbet Gidey Letesenbet Gidey (Tigrinya: ለተሰንበት ግደይ, born 20 March 1998) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who holds three world records plus one world best. A 10,000 metres 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist, at the World Athletics .... IAAF Race results Senior women's race (10 km) Individual References { ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IAAF
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation (from 1912 to 2001) and International Association of Athletics Federations (from 2001 to 2019, both abbreviated as the IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running. Included in its charge are the standardization of rules and regulations for the sports, certification of athletic facilities, recognition and management of world records, and the organisation and sanctioning of athletics competitions, including the World Athletics Championships. The organisation's president is Sebastian Coe of the United Kingdom, who was elected in 2015 and re-elected unopposed in 2019 for a further four years. World Athletics suspended the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) from World Athletics starting in 2015, for eight years, due to doping violations, making it ineligible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilian Kasait Rengeruk
Lilian Kasait Rengeruk (born 3 May 1997) is a Kenyan female long-distance runner. She won the bronze medal in the women's senior race at the 2017 World Cross Country Championships. Rengeruk is the former 3000 metres World Under-18 champion and World U20 Championship silver medallist. In September 2022, Rengeruk was banned for 10 months commencing April of that year due to the use of hormone therapy drug. Career Rengeruk had her first successes in 2013, winning the Kenyan youth trials race before beating Ethiopia's Berhan Demiesa to take the 3000 metres title at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics. The following year she placed fifth in the junior race at the African Cross Country Championships, sharing in the team gold. She pre-fixed a win at the Kenyan junior trials with a 3000 m best of 8:53.41 minutes on her IAAF Diamond League debut in Doha. At the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics, however, she was outdone by American home athlete Mary C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Sánchez-Escribano
Irene Sánchez-Escribano Figueroa (born 25 August 1992 in Toledo) is a Spanish runner competing primarily in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented her country at the 2017 World Championships without reaching the final. In 2019, she competed in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark. She finished in 25th place. Personal bests Outdoor *800 metres – 2:11.06 (Castellón 2012) *1500 metres – 4:24.66 (Mataró 2012) * 3000 metres – 9:19.88 (Pamplona 2017) *10 kilometres – 34:04 (Madrid 2016) * 2000 metres steeplechase – 6:51.20 (Madrid 2015) * 3000 metres steeplechase – 9:27.53 (Birmingham 2019) Indoor *1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ... – 4:24.63 (Madrid 2017) * 3000 metre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darya Mykhaylova
Darya Mykhaylova or Dariia Mykhailova ( uk, Дарія Михайлова or Дар'я Михайлова; born 29 April 1989 Bakhmach) is a Ukrainian long-distance runner. She competed in the women's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. Career In 2016, she competed in the women's half marathon at the European Athletics Championships held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She finished in 54th place. She represented Ukraine at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics held in London, United Kingdom in the women's marathon. She finished in 44th place. She finished in 25th place in the women's marathon at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany. In 2019, she competed in the senior women's race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark. She finished in 24th place. In the same year, she won the Balkan Half Marathon Championships The Balkan Half Marathon Championships is an annual international competition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Burkard
Elena Burkard (born 10 February 1992) is a German long-distance runner. In 2019, she competed in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark. She finished in 23rd place. She also competed in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2018, she won the silver medal in the women's 1500 metres at the 2018 German Athletics Championships held in Nuremberg, Germany. In the same year, she also represented Germany at the 2018 European Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany. She finished in 6th place in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase with a personal best of 9:29.76. In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's cross-country 5.1 km event at the 2019 German Athletics Championships held in Berlin, Germany. Achievements NCAA [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liv Westphal
Liv Westphal (born December 22, 1993, in Milan, Italy) is a French long-distance runner. She is the current French record holder for the 10 km and the 5000m indoor. She is a four-time national champion. She earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Boston College in May 2015, a Master of Science in leadership and administration from Boston College in May 2016, and a Master of Arts in Romance languages from Boston College in May 2018. She earned a master's degree in sport management from the RCS MediaGroup Academy, in Milan, Italy, in March 2023. Biography Westphal was born in Milan, Italy, in 1993, but grew up in Limoges, France. She has dual French and Italian citizenships. Westphal competed for Boston College from 2011 to 2016, where she was a two-time NCAA Division I cross country All-American honoree by the USTFCCCA (2013 and 2014) and one time NCAA Division I outdoor track and field All-American honoree for the 5,000m (2015). She was named ACC Cross-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Chesang
Stella Chesang (born 1 December 1996) is a long-distance runner from Uganda who competed in the Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres event at the 2016 Olympics. In April 2018, she won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Background and education Chesang as born on 1 December 1996 in Serere Village, Benet sub-county, Kween District, in the Eastern Region of Uganda, to Juliet Cheptoris and Patrick Kusuro. She is the second born in a family of nine siblings. She attended Benet Primary School before she transferred to Chemwania High School in Kween for her O-Level studies. Later, she graduated from Kyambogo University, with a degree in sports science. Police career The Uganda Police Force recruited her as a police officer and member of the Uganda Police Athletic Club. Following her winning a gold medal the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Chesang was promoted from the rank of ''Special Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneviève Lalonde
Geneviève Lalonde (born September 5, 1991) is a Canadian middle- and long-distance runner competing primarily in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Her biggest success to date is winning the gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games. Lalonde won the bronze medal as a competitor for New Brunswick at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie in Nice, France. She also won the gold medal for New Brunswick at the 2013 Canada Summer Games in Sherbrooke, Quebec in the 2,000 m steeplechase. Lalonde holds the Canadian record in the 3,000 m steeplechase. In July 2016, she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team. On August 13, 2016, she qualified for the women's 3000m steeplechase final with a personal best and new Canadian record of 9:30.24. On August 11, 2017, she finished 13th in the Women's 3000 meters steeplechase finals at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London lowering the Canadian record once again to 9:29.99. On May 18, 2019, she placed 7th at the Shanghai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shitaye Eshete
Shitaye Eshete Habtegebrel (born 21 May 1990) is an Ethiopian-born long-distance runner who competes internationally for Bahrain. Debut She first began competing for the oil-rich Gulf state in 2009, making her debut at the Asian Cross Country Championships in Manama. She won the women's junior title while team-mate Tejitu Daba, another former Ethiopian, completed a Bahraini 1–2. Her debut at the global level came shortly afterwards at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and she finished 24th in the junior race, one place behind Daba. She was entered into the 5000 metres race at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships in November and she came sixth. 2010–2012 Shitaye made her senior debut the following year, running at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and she was eleventh overall in the rankings, leading the Bahrain women alongside Mimi Belete to ninth place in the team competition. In August she made her first appearance on the IAAF Diamond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fionnuala McCormack
Fionnuala McCormack (née Britton; born 24 September 1984 in Wicklow) is an Irish runner who has competed at a range of distance running events. She was the gold medallist at the 2011 and 2012 European Cross Country Championships. She has represented Ireland in the steeplechase at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics, the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and 2011 World Championships in Athletics, and twice at the European Athletics Championships. In December 2012, Britton became the first woman to successfully defend the European Cross Country Championship. Career She began her international junior career in cross country running in 2001, highlighted by 33rd place at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She won a steeplechase silver at the 2006 European Cup and also competed in the event at the European Athletics Championships, being eliminated in the heats. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawi Feysa
Hawi Feysa (born 1 February 1999) is an Ethiopian track and field athlete who specializes in long-distance running. At the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, she won the silver medal in the Junior women's race, finishing behind Letesenbet Gidey. Feysa placed fourth in the women's 5000 metres at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics. In June 2019, she was runner-up to Caster Semenya in the 2000m at the Meeting de Montreuil, achieving a new personal best of 5:38.66. In 2019, she competed in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark. She finished in 17th place. At the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco, she won the silver medal in the women's 5000 metres. She represented Ethiopia at the 2019 World Athletics Championships The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Failuna Matanga
Failuna Abdi Matanga (born 28 October 1992) is a Tanzanian long-distance runner. She competed in the women's 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. In 2019, she competed in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark. She finished in 16th place. In June 2021, she qualified to represent Tanzania at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 .... References External links * 1992 births Living people Tanzanian female long-distance runners Tanzanian female cross country runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Tanzania Place of birth missing (living people) Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Tan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
