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Winfred Mutile Yavi ( Arabic: وينفريد يافي, born 31 December 1999) is a Kenyan-born Bahraini female athlete who specialises in the
3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, a ...
. Currently the second fastest athlete in history at the distance with a personal best of 8:44.39, she won the
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at the
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, setting a new Olympic record. Yavi hails from Ukia, Makueni County. She won the gold medal at the
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beating
Beatrice Chepkoech Beatrice Chepkoech Sitonik (born 6 July 1991)Beatrice Chepkoech
Kenya and finished fourth at both the
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and
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. Yavi won the gold medal at the
2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...
. She took bronze 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 ...
, gold in the
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and gold for the 3000 m steeplechase at the
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. Yavi was the bronze medallist in her specialist event at the 2018 World Under-20 Championships.


Career

Born in Kenya, Winfred Yavi transferred her allegiance to Bahrain at the age of fifteen, becoming eligible to compete for her adopted nation in August 2016. She competed in the
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at the age of 17, and finished eighth in the steeplechase final in a personal best time of 9:22.67.Winfred Mutile Yavi
IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-14.


Statistics

All information from World Athletics profile.


Personal bests

*
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 ...
– 4:05.54 ( Nairobi 2022) *
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 ...
– 9:10.5h (
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2016) ** 3000 metres indoor – 8:39.64 ( Val-de-Reuil 2020) Asian record *
2000 metres steeplechase The 2000 meter steeplechase is a rarely run senior athletics and a standard youth athletics event for the steeplechase in track and field. The event is part of the athletics programme for boys and girls at the IAAF World Youth Championships in At ...
– 5:56.83 ( Berlin 2019) ** 2000 metres steeplechase indoor – 5:45.09 ( Liévin 2021) *
3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, a ...
– 8:44.39 AR ( Rome 2024)


International competitions


Circuit wins

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:: 3000 m steeplechase wins, other events specified in parentheses :*
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: Paris Meeting ( ) :*
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(WL)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yavi, Winfred Mutile Living people 1999 births Kenyan female steeplechase runners Bahraini female steeplechase runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Bahrain Kenyan emigrants to Bahrain Naturalized citizens of Bahrain Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Bahrain Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Athletics Championships winners Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Bahrain Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Championships winners Diamond League winners Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Bahrain Military World Games gold medalists for Bahrain Military World Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Military World Games silver medalists for Bahrain Arab Athletics Championships winners GCC Games winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic gold medalists for Bahrain