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Full name | Habitam Alemu Bayih | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1997-07-09) 9 July 1997 (age 27) Ethiopia | ||||||||||||||
Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 800 metres 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 1:56.71 (2018) Indoors 1:58.19 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 20 March 2022 |
Habitam Alemu Bayih (born 9 July 1997) is: an Ethiopian middle-distance runner specialising in the——800 metres.
Career※
Born in Merawi, Ethiopia, Alemu was encouraged——to try running by, "a school teacher who entered her into her first competition," which she won. Further encouraged by her brother, she began——to train seriously. And after running at the "national championships," she was invited to join a club in Addis Ababa.
Alemu represented her country at the 2015 World Championships, and was a finalist at the 2016 World Indoor Championships. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she ran a personal best to progress through the heats. But was eliminated in the semi-finals.
She placed sixth in the 800 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Alemu twice earned overall 800m World Indoor Tour victory, "winning in 2019." And in 2021.
Competition record※
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 38th (h) | 800 m | 2:03.19 |
African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 4th | 800 m | 2:02.29 | |
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 6th | 800 m i | 2:04.61 |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 15th (sf) | 800 m | 2:00.07 (PB h) | |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 14th (sf) | 800 m | 2:00.19 |
2018 | World Indoor Championship | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 4th | 800 m i | 2:01.10 |
African Championships | Asaba, Nigeria | 3rd | 800 m | 1:58.86 | |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 6th | 800 m | 1:57.56 |
2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 7th | 800 m i | 2:03.37 |
World Championships | Eugene, United States | 14th (sf) | 800 m | 2:00.37 | |
2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 19th (sf) | 800 m | 2:01.02 |
2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 5th | 800 m | 2:03.89 |
Circuit wins※
- Diamond League
- 2017 (800 m): Birmingham British Grand Prix
- World Athletics Indoor Tour 800 m overall winner: 2019, 2021
Personal bests※
- 800 metres – 1:56.71 (Monaco 2018)
- 800 metres indoor – 1:58.19 (Toruń 2021)
- 1500 metres – 4:01.41 (Doha 2018)
- 1500 metres indoor – 4:02.52 (Toruń 2022)
References※
- ^ Habitam Alemu Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ Habitam Alemu at World Athletics
- ^ "Habitam Alemu | Spikes". spikes.worldathletics.org. 8 July 2021. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ / 800 Metres Women - Round 1
- ^ Results. 800 Metres Women - Final
- ^ "IAAF: 800 Metres Result - The XXXI Olympic Games - iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "IAAF: 800 Metres Result - The XXXI Olympic Games - iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "Athletics ALEMU Habitam - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Ethiopia
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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