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Habitam Alemu
Alemu at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameHabitam Alemu Bayih
Born (1997-07-09) 9 July 1997 (age 27)
Merawi, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)800 metres
1500 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1:56.71 (2018)
Indoors
1:58.19 (2021)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
African Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Asaba 800 m
Updated on 20 March 2022

Habitam Alemu Bayih (born 9 July 1997)[2] is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.

Career

Born in Merawi, Ethiopia, Alemu was encouraged to try running by a school teacher who entered her into her first competition, which she won.[3] Further encouraged by her brother, she began to train seriously, and after running at the national championships, she was invited to join a club in Addis Ababa.[3]

Alemu represented her country at the 2015 World Championships,[4] and was a finalist at the 2016 World Indoor Championships.[5] At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she ran a personal best to progress through the heats,[6] but was eliminated in the semi-finals.[7]

She placed sixth in the 800 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[8]

Alemu twice earned overall 800m World Indoor Tour victory, winning in 2019 and in 2021.

Competition record

Representing  Ethiopia
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
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 i 2:04.61
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15th (sf) 800 m 2:00.07 (PB h)
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 14th (sf) 800 m 2:00.19
2018 World Indoor Championship Birmingham, United Kingdom 4th 800 m i 2:01.10
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 3rd 800 m 1:58.86
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 6th 800 m 1:57.56
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 7th 800 m i 2:03.37
World Championships Eugene, United States 14th (sf) 800 m 2:00.37
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 19th (sf) 800 m 2:01.02
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 5th 800 m 2:03.89
Olympic Games Paris, France 18th (rep) 800 m 2:02.73

Circuit wins

Personal bests

References

  1. ^ "Habitam Alemu". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016.
  2. ^ Habitam Alemu at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b "Habitam Alemu | Spikes". spikes.worldathletics.org. 8 July 2021. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  4. ^ "800 Metres Women - Round 1" (PDF). iaaf.org.
  5. ^ "Results. 800 Metres Women - Final" (PDF). iaaf.org.
  6. ^ "IAAF: 800 Metres Heats Result - The XXXI Olympic Games". iaaf.org. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  7. ^ "IAAF: 800 Metres Semi-Final Result - The XXXI Olympic Games". iaaf.org. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Athletics ALEMU Habitam". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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