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Gudaf Tsegay
Tsegay (in the foreground in green) at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene
Personal information
Full nameGudaf Tsegay Desta
NationalityEthiopian
Born (1997-01-23) 23 January 1997 (age 27)
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
CountryEthiopia
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Middle-, Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 5000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Eugene 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 2022 Eugene 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Doha 1500 m
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Belgrade 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Portland 1500 m
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Eugene 1500 m

Gudaf Tsegay Desta (born 23 January 1997)[1] is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner.[2] She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist in the women's 5000 metres. At the World Athletics Championships, she won a bronze for the 1500 metres in 2019 and a silver in this event and gold for the 5000 m in 2022. Tsegay is a two-time 1500 m World Indoor Championship medallist, winning gold in 2022 and bronze in 2016. She is the current world record holder in the indoor 1500 m, the event in which she also set world under-18 (current) and U20 records.

At age 17, she was the 2014 World Junior Championship 1500 m silver medalist. She represented her country over the distance at the 2014 World Indoor Championships. Tsegay is a versatile runner. As of September 2022, she was the world's 10th fastest woman in the indoor 800 metres, and sixth for both the 5000 m and 10,000 metres.[3]

Career

In February 2014, a 17-year-old Gudaf Tsegay set the world's fastest under-18 mark for the indoor 1500 metres with a time of 4m 8.47s in Stockholm.[3] In July, she became the World Junior Championship silver medallist in Eugene, Oregon with a time of 4:10.83, behind her compatriot Dawit Seyaum in 4:09.86.

Two years later, Tsegay broke world under-20 record at this indoor event in a time of 4m 1.81s in Glasgow, beating previous best set by her compatriot Kalkidan Gezahegne in 2010 by more than a second.[4] Tsegay's record was bettered in 2020 by her another compatriot Lemlem Hailu.[3] At the World Indoor Championships held in Portland, Oregon, she won the bronze medal in 4:05.71 behind only Sifan Hassan representing the Netherlands (4:04.96) and Dawit (4:05.30). The then 19-year-old represented Ethiopia in the 800 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where she eliminated in the heat 3, clocking 2:00.13.

In 2017, she competed at the World Championships in London and went out of the 1500 m event in the semi-finals. She fell after the first lap and posted the slowest time, slower by about 13 seconds than that ran in the heats.[5]

At the following World Championships in 2019 in Doha, Qatar, Tsegay won the bronze medal in the event with a personal best time of 3:54.38. Hassan was first in 3:51.95 and Kenya's Faith Kipyegon finished second in 3:54.22.[6]

The next year, she earned her first overall 1500 m World Indoor Tour victory.

2021: Indoor 1500 metres world record

On 9 February, Tsegay broke an indoor 1500 m world record at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais in Liévin.[7] The former mark of 3:55.17 set by her compatriot Genzebe Dibaba in 2014 was lowered by Tsegay to 3 minutes 53.09 seconds.[8]

In June, she posted best time of the year for the 5000 metres with her mark of 14m 13.32s to take a bronze at the event in 14:38.87 at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Hassan came first in 14:36.79, and Kenya's Hellen Obiri was second clocking 14:38.36.[9]

2022: 5000 m World champion

In February 2022, she contested the mile in Liévin, possibly with Dibaba's world record of 4:13.31 in her sights. Having fallen on the first lap Tsegay finished in 4:21.72, breaking, however, a 20-year-old meeting record.[10] When chasing her own world indoor record over 1500 m at the Copernicus Cup in Toruń a few days later, she was only 1.68 seconds behind to secure also the second mark on the indoor all-time list.[11] She took comfortable her second overall World Indoor Tour 1500 m victory eight days later at the Villa de Madrid Indoor Meeting, producing another record-breaking 3:57.38, the fifth-fastest result in turn on the world all-time indoor ranking.[12]

Also in March, Tsegay continued her record-breaking form, dominating in her specialist event at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade. She took her first global title, setting a championship record of 3m 57.19s, and winning by more than five seconds (~30 m). She led an Ethiopian medals sweep as Axumawit Embaye and Hirut Meshesha finished second and third, respectively. It was the first time one country swept the medals in any discipline, and the seventh successive Ethiopian women's victory in the event, at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.[13]

Her best success of that year came in July at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, where she won two medals including her first global outdoor title. First the 25-year-old took silver in the 1500 m event, finishing behind only Faith Kipyegon and ahead of Laura Muir. Five days later, she claimed the gold medal for the closely-run 5000 m race with a time of 14:46.29 ahead of Beatrice Chebet in 14:46.75 and compatriot Dawit Seyaum (14:47.36).[14]

Tsegay doubled up at the Diamond League final in Zürich in September, placing third in the 5 kilometres road race and sixth in the 1500 m event.[1]

Achievements

International competitions

Representing  Ethiopia
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 9th (h) 1500 m i 4:11.83
World Junior Championships Eugene, OR, United States 2nd 1500 m 4:10.83
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, OR, United States 3rd 1500 m i 4:05.71
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 19th (h) 800 m 2:00.13
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 24th (sf) 1500 m 4:22.01
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd 1500 m 3:54.38
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 3rd 5000 m 14:38.87
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 1st 1500 m i 3:57.19 CR
World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 2nd 1500 m 3:54.52
1st 5000 m 14:46.29

Circuit wins, and National championships

Personal bests

Type Event Time Date Place Notes
Track 800 metres 1:59.52 24 August 2019 Paris, France
800 metres indoor 1:57.52 14 February 2021 Val-de-Reuil, France NR
1500 metres 3:54.01 20 June 2021 Chorzów, Poland
1500 metres indoor 3:53.09 9 February 2021 Liévin, France World record
One mile 4:16.14 22 July 2018 London, United Kingdom
One mile indoor 4:21.72 17 February 2022 Liévin, France
3000 metres 8:25.23 25 September 2020 Doha, Qatar
3000 metres indoor 8:22.65 24 February 2021 Madrid, Spain
5000 metres 14:13.32 8 June 2021 Hengelo, Netherlands
10,000 metres 29.39.42 8 May 2021 Maia, Portugal

References

  1. ^ a b "Gudaf TSEGAY – Athlete profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Bloom, Ben (9 February 2021). "Laura Muir sets new 1500m British indoor mark but Gudaf Tsegay triumphs in world record time". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "All time Top lists – 10,000 m Women – World | until 2022-02-23". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 February 2022. Use filters for details{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Mills, Steven (20 February 2016). "1500m world lead for Iguider in Glasgow, world U20 indoor record for Tsegay". World Athletics. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  5. ^ "WCH 17 | London 2017 – 1500 metres Women | Timetable". World Athletics. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  6. ^ "WCH 19 | Doha 2019 – 1500 metres Women | Final". World Athletics. 5 October 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Laura Muir six seconds back as Gudaf Tsegay smashes 1500m world record". The Guardian. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  8. ^ "1500 Metres - women - senior - indoor". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  9. ^ "The XXXII Olympic Games | Tokyo 2020 – 5000 metres Women | Final". World Athletics. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  10. ^ Mulkeen, Jon (17 February 2022). "Ingebrigtsen breaks world indoor 1500m record in Lievin". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  11. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (22 February 2022). "Home sprinter Swoboda beats double Olympic champion Thompson-Herah over 60m in Toruń". Inside the Games. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  12. ^ Smythe, Steve (8 March 2022). "Weekly Round-up - Records in US 10,000m and fast women's times at Trafford 10km". AW. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  13. ^ Turnbull, Simon (19 March 2022). "World record-holder Tsegay leads Ethiopian 1500m medal sweep in Belgrade". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Gudaf Tsegay Closes in 59.95 To Win Her 1st World Title In Women's 5000". LetsRun.com. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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