Yengus Dese Azenaw (born 4 July 1992) is an Ethiopian female para athlete. She represented

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 ...

at the

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as well as in the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

. SHe took part in the 100m, 200m and 400m events. Yengus Azenaw was motivated to be a professional para athlete by her primary school teacher.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Azenaw, Yengus 1992 births Living people Ethiopian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics