Habitam Alemu

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Habitam Alemu
Habitam Alemu Rio 2016.jpg
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
Sport Track 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 Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
African Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 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.

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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 Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 38th (h)800 m 2:03.19
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 4th800 m 2:02.29
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 6th800 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 4th800 m i 2:01.10
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 3rd800 m 1:58.86
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 6th800 m 1:57.56
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 7th800 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 5th800 m 2:03.89
Olympic Games Paris, France 18th (rep)800 m 2:02.73
2025 World Indoor Championships Nanjing, China 11th (sf)800 m 2:05.44

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 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. 1 2 "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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