Ejgayehu Taye (born 10 February 2000) is an

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Olympic

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. She won the bronze medal for the

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at the 2022 World Indoor Championships. Taye is the current

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holder in the 5 km road race.

Career

In July 2018, Ejgayehu Taye won the silver medal in the

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at the

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behind

Beatrice Chebet Beatrice Chebet (born 5 March 2000) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. In 2022, she won the silver medal in the 5000 metres at the World Championships, and became Commonwealth, African and Diamond League champion. Chebet claimed the gold meda ...

and ahead of Taye's compatriot

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. She placed fifth over the 5000m at the 2019 African Games. In June 2021, she set a new personal best of 14:14.09 in her specialist event as she finished second in the Ethiopian Olympic trials behind

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and ahead of

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to secure her place for the delayed

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. At the Games, Taye placed fifth in the women's 5000m final. On 31 December 2021, in her second road race as a professional, Taye set a world record in the 5 km run at the Cursa dels Nassos 5K in Barcelona (mixed race) in a time of 14 minutes 19 seconds, improving previous mark by 20 seconds. She had 45 second margin of victory. She won the bronze medal in the

at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in

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with a time of 8:42.23. Her compatriot

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 Champio ...

took gold in 8:41.82 while second-placed

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clocked 8:42.04.

Achievements

International competitions

Circuit wins

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: Eugene Prefontaine Classic (5000m, )

Personal bests

– 8:19.52 (

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2021) ** 3000 metres indoor – 8:26.77 (

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2022) *

– 14:12.98 (

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2022) *

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– 30:12.45 (

2022) ;Road * 5 km – 14:19 (

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2021)

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(mixed race) * 10 km – 33:31 (

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2018)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taye, Ejgayehu 2000 births Living people Ethiopian female long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Ethiopia World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists 21st-century Ethiopian women