Amsale Woldegibriel

Amsale Woldegibriel

Personal information
Nationality	Ethiopian
Born	(1960-10-08) 8 October 1960 (age 64)
Sport
Sport	Middle-distance running
Event	1500 metres
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Ethiopia African Championships 1979 Dakar 800 m

Amsale Woldegibriel ^[a] (born 8 October 1960) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner. She won the first-ever African Championships women's medal for Ethiopia in 1979 and later set the Ethiopian 1500 metres national record. She competed in the women's 1500 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics. ^[1]

Career

Woldegibriel entered in the 800 metres at the 1979 African Championships in Athletics. She ran 2:11.9 to win the bronze medal behind Mary Chemweno and Rose Tata-Muya. She was the first Ethiopian to medal at the women's African Championships and the only to medal at the inaugural edition. ^[2]

Woldegibriel was seeded in the first 1500 metres semi-final at the 1980 Olympics. ^[3] She ran a time of 4:25.30 to place 10th. ^[4] Her time was a personal best. ^[5]

Woldegibriel's time of 4:25.30 was an Ethiopian national record over 1500 m. ^[6]

Notes

1. also spelled Amsala or Woldegebriel

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Amsale Woldegibriel Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
2. Amsale Woldegibriel at Athletics Podium  [ d ]
3. Amsale Woldegibriel at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
4. Amsale Woldegibriel at World Athletics
5. Amsale Woldegibriel at Olympedia
6. "Ils courent pour vivre..." (PDF). athle.ch (in French). p. 2.