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Habitam Alemu
Alemu at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1997-07-09) 9 July 1997 (age 27)
Ethiopia
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event800 m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1:57.05 (outdoors 2017)
1:59.69 (indoors 2018)
Updated on 29 August 2015

Habitam Alemu Bayih (born 9 July 1997) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.[2] She represented her country at the 2015 World Championships,[3] the 2016 World Indoor Championships where she was a finalist[4] and at the 2016 Olympics. She placed second in 1:59.14 at 2016 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in Doha.[5] She ran her personal best 1:58.99 in the heats at the 2016 Olympics,[6] but was unable to match it and was eliminated in the semi-finals.[7]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Ethiopia
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 2:04.61
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15th (sf) 800 m 2:00.07
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 14th (sf) 800 m 2:00.19
2018 World Indoor Championship Birmingham, United Kingdom 4th 800 m 2:01.10
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 3rd 800 m 1:58.86

References

  1. ^ Habitam Alemu Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  2. ^ Habitam Alemu at World Athletics
  3. ^ http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-800-W-h----.RS4.pdf
  4. ^ http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5681/AT-800-W-f----.RS6.pdf
  5. ^ 2016 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 800 m results in Doha. sportresult.com
  6. ^ "IAAF: 800 Metres Result - The XXXI Olympic Games - iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  7. ^ "IAAF: 800 Metres Result - The XXXI Olympic Games - iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
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