Hawi Feysa (born 1 February 1999) is an Ethiopian
track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...
athlete who specializes in
long-distance running
Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength.
Within endurance running comes two d ...
.
At the
2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was hosted in the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital. This 42nd edition was held on 26 March 2017. The venue was Kampala Airport, commonly known as Kololo airstrip, or officially, the Kololo Ceremoni ...
, she won the silver medal in the
Junior women's race, finishing behind
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 ...
.
Feysa placed fourth in the
women's 5000 metres at the
2018 African Championships in Athletics
The 21st African Championships in Athletics was held in Asaba, Nigeria from 1 to 5 August 2018 at the Stephen Keshi Stadium. It was the second time that Nigeria hosted this competition. 800 athletes from 52 African countries participated.
Medal su ...
.
In June 2019, she was runner-up to
Caster Semenya
Mokgadi Caster Semenya OIB (born 7 January 1991) is a South African middle-distance runner and winner of two Olympic gold medals and three World Championships in the women's 800 metres. She first won gold at the World Championships in 2009 ...
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
The 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships were hosted in the city of Aarhus in Denmark. It was the 43rd edition of the championships and was held on 30 March 2019.
A part of the course was run on the grounds and grass roof of the Moesgaard ...
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 Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athletics. It was held betw ...
, competing in the
women's 5000 metres.
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Ethiopian female long-distance runners
1999 births
Living people
World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
African Games silver medalists for Ethiopia
21st-century Ethiopian women
21st-century Ethiopian people
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