Fantu Worku Taye (born 29 March 1999) is an Ethiopian

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

specialising in the

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 Athletic ...

. She won the silver medal at the 2016 World U20 Championships. She represented her country at the 2017 World Championships narrowly missing the semifinals. At the 2018 Anniversary Games in London, she stopped racing half a lap early after sprinting to first place, mistaking the quarter mile line as the finish line and then proceeding to stop running once crossing it.

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

– 4:05.81 (London 2017) Indoor *

– 4:08.56 (Ostrava 2017) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

– 8:50.36 (Eaubonne 2017)

References

1999 births Living people Ethiopian female middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia Ethiopian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Ethiopian women {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub