Habitam Alemu Bayih (born 9 July 1997) 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

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since t ...

Career

Born in

Merawi, Ethiopia Merawi (Amharic: መርዓዊ) is a city administration located 30 kilometers south of Bahir Dar, Amhara Region's capital in north-western Ethiopia, in what was previouslBahir Dar Awrajaof Gojjam province. The town also hosts the seat of Mech ...

, Alemu was encouraged to try running by a school teacher who entered her into her first competition, which she won. Further encouraged by her brother, she began to train seriously, and after running at the national championships, she was invited to join a club in

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

. Alemu represented her country at the 2015 World Championships, and was a finalist at the 2016 World Indoor Championships. At the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

, she ran a personal best to progress through the heats, but was eliminated in the semi-finals. She placed sixth in the

at the

2020 Tokyo 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 List of Olympic Games h ...

. Alemu twice earned overall 800m World Indoor Tour victory, winning in 2019 and in 2021.

Competition record

Circuit wins

* Diamond League **

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(800 m): Birmingham British Grand Prix * World Athletics Indoor Tour 800 m overall winner:

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: Toruń Copernicus Cup, Düsseldorf PSD Bank Meeting **

: Toruń,

Villa de Madrid Indoor Meeting Villa De Madrid Indoor Meeting is an annual indoor track and field competition which takes place in February in Madrid, Spain. The event was first held at the Gallur Municipality Sport Complex in 2016 and is currently an World Athletics Indoor To ...

Personal bests

– 1:56.71 (

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2018) ** 800 metres indoor – 1:58.19 (

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2021) *

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 ...

– 4:01.41 (

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2018) ** 1500 metres indoor – 4:02.52 (

2022)

References

External links

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Habitam Alemu Athletics profile
* 1997 births Living people Ethiopian female middle-distance runners Place of birth missing (living people) World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Ethiopia African Games competitors for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub