 Alemu at the 2016 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Habitam Alemu Bayih | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 July 1997 Ethiopia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 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
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| Updated on 20 March 2022. | |||||||||||||||
Habitam Alemu Bayih (born 9 July 1997) [2] is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.
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.
| 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 |
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