User:Habst/Fantaye Belayneh

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Fantaye Belayneh
Personal information
Full nameFantaye Belayneh Azale
Fentaye Belayneh Azale[1]
Nationality Ethiopia
Born15 September 2000 (23 years, 251 days old)[2]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)10K run
5000 metres
Achievements and titles
National finals
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
African Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Saint Pierre 5000 m
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[edit]

Fantaye'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[edit]

Personal bests[edit]

Event Mark Place Competition Venue Date Ref
10K run 30:24 1st place, gold medalist(s) 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]

  1. ^ a b c "Fantaye Azale sets a new Ethiopian 10km National Record". Athletics Kenya. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Habst/Fantaye Belayneh at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  3. ^ "2021 Ethiopian Championships Women's 5000m". World Athletics.
  4. ^ "2022 review: road running". World Athletics.
  5. ^ "No time to celebrate, says Chebet after 5000m gold". The Star (Kenya).

External links[edit]



Category:Living people Category:2000 births Category:Ethiopian female long-distance runners Category:21st-century Ethiopian women