Hawi Feysa
Hawi Feysa (born 1 February 1999) is an Ethiopian track and field athlete who specializes in long-distance running.[1]
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Nationality | Ethiopian | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1 February 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||
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At the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, she won the silver medal in the Junior women's race, finishing behind Letesenbet Gidey.[2]
Feysa placed fourth in the women's 5000 metres at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics.[3]
In June 2019, she was runner-up to Caster Semenya in the 2000m at the Meeting de Montreuil,[4] achieving a new personal best of 5:38.66.[5]
At the 2019 African Games she won the silver medal in the women's 5000 metres.
She represented Ethiopia at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, competing in the women's 5000 metres.[6][7]
References
- "Hawi Feysa Athlete Profile". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- Whittington, Jessica (26 March 2017). "Irene Chepet Cheptai leads Kenyan clean sweep in Kampala". Athletics Weekly. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- "African championships, Asaba (Nigeria) 1-5/08/2018". africathle.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- McDaid, David (12 June 2019). "Caster Semenya wins 2,000m at the Meeting de Montreuil". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- "Hawi Feysa: Personal Bests". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- "5000 Metres women (Startlist)". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- "5000 Metres women". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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