User:Habst/Fantaye Belayneh

Fantaye Belayneh
Personal information
Full name	Fantaye Belayneh Azale; Fentaye Belayneh Azale
Nationality	Ethiopia
Born	15 September 2000 (23 years, 282 days old)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	10K run; 5000 metres
Achievements and titles
National finals	2021 Ethiopian Champs; • 5000m, 6th; 2022 Ethiopian Champs; • 5000m, 1st ;
Personal bests	10K road: 30:24 (2022); 5000m: 14:44.51 (2021);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Ethiopia
African Championships
	Updated on 1 January 2024

Fantaye Belayneh Azale (born 15 September 2000) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 2022 African Championships.

Biography

Fantaye's first recorded race was in April 2021 at the Ethiopian Athletics Championships, where she finished 6th in the 5000 m.^[3] At the separately held 2021 Ethiopian Olympic Trials in Hengelo, Fantaye finished 6th again in 14:44.51, and did not make the Ethiopian Olympic team.^[1]

On 2 April 2022, Fantaye won her first Ethiopian Athletics Championships title in Hawassa. Later that month in Herzogenaurach, she won the Adizero: Road To Records (draft) road 10K in a time of 30:25, which also still stands as the Ethiopian national record in that event.^[1]^[4]

In June at the 2022 African Championships in Athletics, Fantaye won a bronze medal in the 5000 metres behind Beatrice Chebet.^[5] Fantaye was also the winner of the 2022 Beach to Beacon 10K in a time of 32:07.^[2]

Statistics

Personal bests

Event	Mark	Place	Competition	Venue	Date	Ref
10K run	30:24		Adizero: Road To Records (draft)	Herzogenaurach, Germany	30 April 2022	^[2]
5000m	14:44.51	6th	Ethiopian Olympic Trials	Hengelo, Netherlands	8 June 2021	^[2]