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Full name | Fantaye Belayneh Azale Fentaye Belayneh Azale[1] | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Ethiopia | ||||||||||||||
Born | 15 September 2000 (23 years, 293 days old)[2] | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 10K run 5000 metres | ||||||||||||||
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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
editFantaye'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
editPersonal bests
editEvent | Mark | Place | Competition | Venue | Date | Ref |
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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] |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Fantaye Azale sets a new Ethiopian 10km National Record". Athletics Kenya. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b c d Habst/Fantaye Belayneh at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- ^ "2021 Ethiopian Championships Women's 5000m". World Athletics.
- ^ "2022 review: road running". World Athletics.
- ^ "No time to celebrate, says Chebet after 5000m gold". The Star (Kenya).
External links
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Category:Living people
Category:2000 births
Category:Ethiopian female long-distance runners
Category:21st-century Ethiopian women