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Ethiopia At The 2019 African Games
Ethiopia competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Ethiopia won six gold medals, five silver medals and 12 bronze medals and the country finished 9th in the medal table. Medal summary Medal table , style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;", , style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;", Athletics Ethiopia competed in athletics: the country won five gold medals, five silver medals and eight bronze medals and the country finished 3rd in the athletics medal table. Men In the men's 10,000 metres event Berehanu Tsegu won the gold medal and Jemal Yimer won the bronze medal. In the men's 3000 metres steeplechase the silver medal was won by Getnet Wale. In the men's 20 kilometres walk the silver medal was won by Yohanis Algaw. Women In the women's 800 metres event Hirut Meshesha won the gold medal. In the women's 1500 metres event Lemlem Hailu won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Ethiopia
The flag of Ethiopia ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ሰንደቅ ዐላማ, Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā sändäq ʿälama) is the national flag of Ethiopia. It consists of a green, yellow, and red tricolour with the National Emblem, a golden pentagram on a blue disc, superimposed at the center. While the colors green, yellow, and red in combination held symbolic importance since at least the early 17th century, the modern tricolour was first adopted on 11 October 1897 by Menelik II, and the present flag on 31 October 1996. Colors The colors of green, yellow and red were used for the flag of the Ethiopian Empire in 1914. On 11 October 1897, a year after Ethiopia decisively defeated the Kingdom of Italy at the Battle of Adwa, emperor Menelik II ordered the three pennants combined in a rectangular tricolour from top to bottom of red, yellow, and green with the first letter of his own name (the Amharic letter "ም") on the central stripe. The letter of Menelik's name was removed from the flag af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing At The 2019 African Games
Boxing at the 2019 African Games was held from 20 to 29 August 2019 at the Al Amal Indoor Sports Center in Rabat, Morocco. Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Results Men's events Women's events Medal table References External linksResults book {{Events at the 2019 African Games 2019 African Games African Games |
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 Athle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemlem Hailu
Lemlem Hailu (Amharic: ለምለም ኃይሉ; born 21 May 2001) is an Ethiopian Middle-distance running, middle- and Long-distance running, long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 3000 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships, 2022 World Indoor Championships. Hailu earned bronze in the 1500 metres at the Athletics at the 2019 African Games, 2019 African Games. At age 16, she was the 1500 m 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships, 2017 World Youth champion to take a bronze in the event at the Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, Youth Olympic Games a year later. She represented Ethiopia in the women's 1500 m at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, 2019 World Championships and 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Hailu holds the List of world under-20 records in athletics, world junior indoor record in the event. Career At age 16, Lemlem Hailu gained first international experience at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships, 2017 World Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirut Meshesha
Hirut Meshesha (born 20 January 2001) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner. She won the bronze medal in the women's 1500 metres at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade. Meshesha took gold for the 800 metres at the 2019 African Games. Career Hirut Meshesha gained her first international experience at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships held in Nairobi, Kenya, where she won the bronze medal in the girls' 800 metres. She then went to Argentina for 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires and took bronze in the girls' 800m event In April 2019, she competed at the African U18 and U20 Championships, which were held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and won the silver medal at 800m in the under-20 women category. A month later, she won the women's 800 metres at the Ethiopian Athletics Championships. In August, Meshesha represented Ethiopia at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and won the gold medal in the 800m event. She earned the bronze medal for the wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Getnet Wale
Getnet Wale Bayabl (born 16 July 2000) is an Ethiopian runner specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He finished fourth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as well as at the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships. Wale won the silver medal at the 2019 African Games and a bronze at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics. He earned bronze medals at the 2016 and 2018 World Under-20 Championships. In 2019, he became the Diamond League 3000 m steeplechase champion. Wale is the current Ethiopian record holder in the indoor 3000 metres. Early life Getnet Wale was born one of eight children in Sekele, Ethiopia. He ran 4 km to and from school. After winning provincial titles at the 1500 metres and 3000 metres aged 13 steeplechase coach Teshome Kebede was interested in him and invited Wale to Addis Ababa.Landells, Steve. World Athletics, 16 June 2020Wale ready to make more steeplechase history for Ethiopia Accessed 1 July 2021. Early running career Wale's first intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jemal Yimer
Jemal Yimer Mekonnen (born 11 September 1996) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He placed fourth at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, and finished fifth at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres. Yimer won the 10,000 m title at the 2018 African Athletics Championships in Asaba, Nigeria, and placed third in the event at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. He finished third at the 2021 Boston Marathon with a time of 2:10:38. Personal bests * 10,000 metres – 26:54.39 (Hengelo 2019) * 10 kilometres – 27:50 (Atlanta, GA 2022) * Half marathon – 58:33 (Valencia 2018) * Marathon – 2:08:58 (Boston, MA Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most ... 2022) * not legal References External links * 1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berehanu Tsegu
Berehanu Wendemu Tsegu (born 30 September 1999) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He holds a personal best of 27:00.73 minutes for the 10,000 metres. He was the 10,000 metres champion at 2019 African Games. He finished second at the 2018 Corrida de Houilles. In 2019, he also won the Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half Marathon with a time of 59:56, only four seconds slower than the course record at the time. He tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO), a banned blood booster, at the 2019 Copenhagen Half Marathon. Though he initially disputed the results, he later admitted to the violation and received a four-year ban from the sport. This occurred during a period where World Athletics had highlighted Ethiopia as a country at risk of widespread doping, which was followed by the launch of an education programme by the Ethiopian Athletics Federation.Gillen, Nancy (2020-03-20)African Games 10,000 metres champion receives four-year doping ban for EPO Inside the Games. Retrieved 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taekwondo
''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. The literal translation for tae kwon do is "kicking", "punching", and "the art or way of". They are a kind of martial arts in which one attacks or defends with hands and feet anytime or anywhere, with occasional use of weapons. The physical training undertaken in Taekwondo is purposeful and fosters strength of mind through mental armament. Taekwondo practitioners wear a uniform, known as a dobok. It is a combat sport and was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by Korean martial artists with experience in martial arts such as karate, Chinese martial arts, and indigenous Korean martial arts traditions such as Taekkyon, Subak, and Gwonbeop. The oldest governing body for Taekwondo is the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA), formed in 1959 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycling
Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two-wheeled bicycles, "cycling" also includes the riding of unicycles, tricycles, quadricycles, recumbent and similar human-powered vehicles (HPVs). Bicycles were introduced in the 19th century and now number approximately one billion worldwide. They are the principal means of transportation in many parts of the world, especially in densely populated European cities. Cycling is widely regarded as an effective and efficient mode of transportation optimal for short to moderate distances. Bicycles provide numerous possible benefits in comparison with motor vehicles, including the sustained physical exercise involved in cycling, easier parking, increased maneuverability, and access to roads, bike paths and rural trails. Cycling also offers a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring. Although the term "boxing" is commonly attributed to "western boxing", in which only the fists are involved, boxing has developed in various ways in different geographical areas and cultures. In global terms, boxing is a set of combat sports focused on striking, in which two opponents face each other in a fight using at least their fists, and possibly involving other actions such as kicks, elbow strikes, Knee (strike), knee strikes, and headbutts, depending on the rules. Some of the forms of the modern sport are western boxing, Bare-knuckle boxing, bare knuckle boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, muay-thai, lethwei, savate, and Sanda (sport), sanda. Boxing techniques have been incorporated into many martial ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
