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{{Short description|Ethiopian-born Bahrani middle distance runner}}
{{MedalTableTop|Kalkidan Gezahegn Birmingham indoor 2010.jpg|200px}}
{{Infobox athlete
| name = Kalkidan Gezahegne
| image = Kalkidan Gezahegn Birmingham indoor 2010.jpg
| caption = Gezahegne in 2010
| citizenship = Bahraini
| nationality =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|5|8|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia
| height =
| weight =
| country = [[Bahrain]]
| sport = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
| event = [[Middle-distance running|Middle-]], [[Long-distance running]]
| pb = {{ubl
|[[10,000 metres|10,000 m]]: 29:50.77 {{AthAbbr|NR|Bahraini}} (2021)
|[[10K run|10 km]]: 29:38 (2021)
|''Indoor''
|[[Mile run|Mile]]: 4:24.10{{AthAbbr|i|indoors}} '''{{AthAbbr|WU20R}}''' (2010)
}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2010 Doha]] |[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres|1500 m]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2010 Doha]] |[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres|1500 m]]}}
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{{MedalGold|2018 Jakarta–Palembang|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's 5000 metres|5000 m]]}}
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'''Kalkidan Gezahegne''' (born 8 May 1991)<ref name="WAprofile">{{cite web|title=Kalkidan GEZAHEGNE – Athlete profile|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/bahrain/kalkidan-gezahegne-14259836|access-date=2021-01-01|website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref> is an [[Ethiopia]]n-born [[Bahrain]]i [[Middle-distance running|middle-]] and [[Long-distance running|long-distance runner]]. She is the [[10,000 metres]] [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo Olympics]] silver medallist. 11 years earlier, at age 18, Gezahegne became the youngest ever female [[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World indoor champion]] when winning [[1500 metres]].
'''Kalkidan Gezahegne''' (born 8 May 1991) is an [[Ethiopia]]n [[middle distance track event|middle distance runner]] who specializes in the [[1500 metres]].

17-year-old Gezahegne won a silver medal over the 1500m at the [[2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics|2008 World Junior Championships]]. She represented [[Ethiopia]] before acquiring [[Bahrain]]i citizenship in 2013.


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
Gezahegne was born in [[Addis Ababa]]. She won the silver medal in the 1500 metres at the [[2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics|2008 World Junior Championships]] and won another junior silver at the [[2009 African Junior Athletics Championships]], finishing behind [[Caster Semenya]].<ref>Ouma, Mark (2009-08-02). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=52438.html African Junior Champs, Day 4]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-03-15.</ref> Moving up to the senior level, Kalkidan finished ninth in the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres|1500&nbsp;m race]] at the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics|2009 World Championships]] and fifth in the [[3000 metres]] at the [[2009 IAAF World Athletics Final|2009 World Athletics Final]].<ref name=bio>{{iaaf name|id=242955}}</ref>
Kalkidan Gezahegne was born in [[Addis Ababa]]. She won the silver medal in the 1500 metres at the [[2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics|2008 World Junior Championships]] and won another junior silver at the [[2009 African Junior Athletics Championships]], finishing behind [[Caster Semenya]].<ref>Ouma, Mark (2009-08-02). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=52438.html African Junior Champs, Day 4]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-03-15.</ref> Moving up to the senior level, Kalkidan finished eighth in the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres|1500&nbsp;m race]] at the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics|2009 World Championships]] and fifth in the [[3000 metres]] at the [[2009 IAAF World Athletics Final|2009 World Athletics Final]].<ref name=bio>{{World Athletics}}</ref>


Competing at the [[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships]], she had a startling comeback to qualify for the final. In the middle of her heat, she collided with [[Yevgeniya Zolotova]] and fell onto the track. She got back up to continue the race, however, and not only caught up with her competitors, but won the race with the fastest time of any runner that day.<ref>Morse, Parker (2010-03-12). [http://www.iaaf.org/WIC10/news/kind=100/newsid=55974.html Doha 2010 - Day 1 Wrap]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-03-12.</ref> In the final she outdid compatriot and reigning champion [[Gelete Burka]] to win the gold medal. This made the 18-year-old the youngest ever winner of an event at the [[IAAF World Indoor Championships]], beating the previous record set by [[Gabriela Szabo]] 15 years earlier.<ref>Ramsak, Bob (2010-03-14). [http://www.iaaf.org/WIC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56133.html Doha 2010 - Gezahegne recovers from heat tumble to become youngest ever female champion]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-03-15.</ref> She missed the outdoor season that year due to injury.<ref>Jalava, Mirko & Julin, A. Lennart (2010-12-28). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58978.html 2010 - End of Year Reviews – Middle Distances]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-12-28.</ref>
Competing at the [[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships]], she had a startling comeback to qualify for the final. In the middle of her heat, she collided with Russia's Yevgeniya Zolotova and fell onto the track. She got back up to continue the race, however, and not only caught up with her competitors, but won the race with the fastest time of any runner that day.<ref>Morse, Parker (2010-03-12). [http://www.iaaf.org/WIC10/news/kind=100/newsid=55974.html Doha 2010 - Day 1 Wrap]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-03-12.</ref> In the final she outdid compatriot and reigning champion [[Gelete Burka]] to win the gold medal. This made the 18-year-old the youngest ever winner of an event at the [[IAAF World Indoor Championships]], beating the previous record set by [[Gabriela Szabo]] 15 years earlier.<ref>Ramsak, Bob (2010-03-14). [http://www.iaaf.org/WIC10/news/kind=100/newsid=56133.html Doha 2010 - Gezahegne recovers from heat tumble to become youngest ever female champion]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-03-15.</ref> She missed the outdoor season that year due to injury.<ref>Jalava, Mirko & Julin, A. Lennart (2010-12-28). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58978.html 2010 - End of Year Reviews – Middle Distances]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-12-28.</ref>


On 3 October 2021, Gezahegne broke the world record for the [[10K run|10&nbsp;km road race]] at The Giants Geneva event, running 29:38 and surpassing the previous mark by 5 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gezahegne breaks world 10km record in Geneva, Chelimo goes sub-30 in Valencia, Kumela breaks Kosice course record|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/kalkidan-gezahegne-world-10km-record-geneva|access-date=2021-10-04|website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref>
Her personal best times are 4:02.98 minutes in the [[1500 metres]], achieved in July 2009 in [[Athens]]; 4:37.76 minutes in the [[mile run]], achieved in September 2009 in [[Rieti]]; and 8:38.61 minutes in the [[3000 metres]], achieved in September 2009 in [[Thessaloniki]].<ref name=bio/>


==Achievements==
== Personal bests ==
===International competitions===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
{|{{AchievementTable|Event=yes|Time=yes|NotesOff=yes}}
|-
!colspan=6|Representing {{ETH}}
|-
|2008
|[[2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Bydgoszcz]], Poland
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres|1500 m]]
|4:16.58
|-
|rowspan=2|2009
|[[2009 African Junior Athletics Championships|African Junior Championships]]
|[[Bambous, Mauritius|Bambous]], Mauritius
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2009 African Junior Athletics Championships#Women|1500 m]]
|4:09.36
|-
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Berlin]], Germany
|8th
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres|1500 m]]
|4:08.81
|-
|2010
|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Doha]], Qatar
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres|1500 m]] {{AthAbbr|i|indoors}}
|4:08.14
|-
|2011
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Daegu]], South Korea
|5th
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres|1500 m]]
|4:06.42
|-
!colspan=6|Representing {{BHR}}
|-
|2017
|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[London]], United Kingdom
|14th
|[[2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2018
|rowspan=2|[[2018 West Asian Athletics Championships|West Asian Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Amman, Jordan]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|1500 m
|4:15.24
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|5000 m
|16:35.46
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Jakarta]], Indonesia
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's 1500 metres|1500 m]]
|4:07.88
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's 5000 metres|5000 m]]
|15:08.08
|-
|2021
|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Tokyo]], Japan
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres|10,000 m]]
|29:56.18
|}

===Personal bests===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Event !! Time ([[minute|m]]:[[second|s]]) !! Date !! Venue !! Notes
|-
|[[1500 metres]] || style="text-align:center;"|4:00.97 || 29 May 2011 || [[Hengelo]], Netherlands ||
|-
|1500 metres indoor || style="text-align:center;"|4:03.28 || 10 February 2010 || [[Stockholm]], Sweden ||
|-
|[[Mile run|One mile]] || style="text-align:center;"|4:37.76 || 7 September 2008 || [[Rieti]], Italy ||
|-
|One mile indoor || style="text-align:center;"|4:24.10 || 20 February 2010 || [[Birmingham]], United Kingdom || [[List of world under-20 records in athletics|World under-20 record]]
|-
|[[3000 metres]] || style="text-align:center;"|8:34.65 || 4 September 2018 || [[Zagreb]], Croatia ||
|-
|-
|3000 metres indoor || style="text-align:center;"|8:37.47 || 19 February 2011 || [[Birmingham]], United Kingdom ||
!Event
!Time ([[minute|m]]:[[second|s]])
!Date
!Venue
|-
|-
|1500 m || 4:02.98 || 13 July 2009 || [[Athens]], Greece
|[[5000 metres]] || style="text-align:center;"|14:52.92 || 1 June 2021 || [[Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis]], France ||
|-
|-
|[[10,000 metres]] || style="text-align:center;"|29:50.77 || 8 May 2021 || [[Cidade da Maia|Maia]], Portugal || {{AthAbbr|NR|Bahraini}}
|1500 m (indoor) || 4:03.28 || 10 February 2010 || [[Stockholm]], Sweden
|-
|-
!colspan=5|
|Mile run (indoor) || 4:24.10 || 20 February 2010 || [[Birmingham]], United Kingdom
|-
|-
|3000 m || 8:38.61 || 13 September 2009 || [[Thessaloniki]], Greece
|[[10K run|10 km (road)]] || style="text-align:center;"|29:38 || 3 October 2021 || [[Geneva]], Switzerland ||
|-
|-
|3000 m (indoor) || 8:46.19 || 6 February 2010 || [[Boston]], United States
|[[Half marathon]] || style="text-align:center;"|1:05:47 || 12 December 2021 || [[Manama]], Bahrain ||
|}
|}


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[[Category:Athletes from Addis Ababa]]
[[Category:Ethiopian emigrants to Bahrain]]
[[Category:Naturalized citizens of Bahrain]]
[[Category:Ethiopian female middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Ethiopian female middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Ethiopian female long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Ethiopian female long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Bahrain]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games]]
[[Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships winners]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Bahrain]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Bahrain]]

Latest revision as of 17:09, 7 November 2023

Kalkidan Gezahegne
Gezahegne in 2010
Personal information
CitizenshipBahraini
Born (1991-05-08) 8 May 1991 (age 33)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Sport
CountryBahrain
SportAthletics
Event(s)Middle-, Long-distance running
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Doha 1500 m
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Bydgoszcz 1500 m
African Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2009 Bambous 1500 m
Representing  Bahrain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 10,000 m
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang 5000 m

Kalkidan Gezahegne (born 8 May 1991)[1] is an Ethiopian-born Bahraini middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 10,000 metres 2020 Tokyo Olympics silver medallist. 11 years earlier, at age 18, Gezahegne became the youngest ever female World indoor champion when winning 1500 metres.

17-year-old Gezahegne won a silver medal over the 1500m at the 2008 World Junior Championships. She represented Ethiopia before acquiring Bahraini citizenship in 2013.

Life and career

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Kalkidan Gezahegne was born in Addis Ababa. She won the silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 2008 World Junior Championships and won another junior silver at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships, finishing behind Caster Semenya.[2] Moving up to the senior level, Kalkidan finished eighth in the 1500 m race at the 2009 World Championships and fifth in the 3000 metres at the 2009 World Athletics Final.[3]

Competing at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, she had a startling comeback to qualify for the final. In the middle of her heat, she collided with Russia's Yevgeniya Zolotova and fell onto the track. She got back up to continue the race, however, and not only caught up with her competitors, but won the race with the fastest time of any runner that day.[4] In the final she outdid compatriot and reigning champion Gelete Burka to win the gold medal. This made the 18-year-old the youngest ever winner of an event at the IAAF World Indoor Championships, beating the previous record set by Gabriela Szabo 15 years earlier.[5] She missed the outdoor season that year due to injury.[6]

On 3 October 2021, Gezahegne broke the world record for the 10 km road race at The Giants Geneva event, running 29:38 and surpassing the previous mark by 5 seconds.[7]

Achievements

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International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Time
Representing  Ethiopia
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 2nd 1500 m 4:16.58
2009 African Junior Championships Bambous, Mauritius 2nd 1500 m 4:09.36
World Championships Berlin, Germany 8th 1500 m 4:08.81
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 1st 1500 m i 4:08.14
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 5th 1500 m 4:06.42
Representing  Bahrain
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 14th 5000 m
2018 West Asian Championships Amman, Jordan 2nd 1500 m 4:15.24
2nd 5000 m 16:35.46
Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 1st 1500 m 4:07.88
1st 5000 m 15:08.08
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 2nd 10,000 m 29:56.18

Personal bests

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Event Time (m:s) Date Venue Notes
1500 metres 4:00.97 29 May 2011 Hengelo, Netherlands
1500 metres indoor 4:03.28 10 February 2010 Stockholm, Sweden
One mile 4:37.76 7 September 2008 Rieti, Italy
One mile indoor 4:24.10 20 February 2010 Birmingham, United Kingdom World under-20 record
3000 metres 8:34.65 4 September 2018 Zagreb, Croatia
3000 metres indoor 8:37.47 19 February 2011 Birmingham, United Kingdom
5000 metres 14:52.92 1 June 2021 Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
10,000 metres 29:50.77 8 May 2021 Maia, Portugal NR
10 km (road) 29:38 3 October 2021 Geneva, Switzerland
Half marathon 1:05:47 12 December 2021 Manama, Bahrain

References

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  1. ^ "Kalkidan GEZAHEGNE – Athlete profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  2. ^ Ouma, Mark (2009-08-02). African Junior Champs, Day 4. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-15.
  3. ^ Kalkidan Gezahegne at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ Morse, Parker (2010-03-12). Doha 2010 - Day 1 Wrap. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-12.
  5. ^ Ramsak, Bob (2010-03-14). Doha 2010 - Gezahegne recovers from heat tumble to become youngest ever female champion. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-15.
  6. ^ Jalava, Mirko & Julin, A. Lennart (2010-12-28). 2010 - End of Year Reviews – Middle Distances. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-12-28.
  7. ^ "Gezahegne breaks world 10km record in Geneva, Chelimo goes sub-30 in Valencia, Kumela breaks Kosice course record". World Athletics. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
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