Tigist Gashaw Belay (born 25 December 1996) is an

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

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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 ...

competing internationally for

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

. She represented that country at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

without advancing from the first round. Earlier she won the gold at the 2013 World Youth Championships starting for her native Ethiopia.

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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 the ...

– 2:05.11 (Amiens 2014) *

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 ...

– 4:05.58 (Székesfehérvár 2015) *

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 ...

– 8:48.60 (Doha 2016) Indoor *

– 4:16.45 (Eaubonne 2016) *

– 8:55.89 (Mondeville 2016)

References

1996 births Living people Bahraini female middle-distance runners Ethiopian female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Olympic athletes for Bahrain Ethiopian emigrants to Bahrain Naturalized citizens of Bahrain Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games silver medalists for Bahrain Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games {{Bahrain-athletics-bio-stub