Kokob Tesfagabriel

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Kokob Tesfagabriel
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Born (1994-06-04) 4 June 1994 (age 29)
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Country Eritrea
Sport Long-distance running

Kokob TesfagabrielSolomon (born 4 June 1994) [1] is an Eritrean long-distance runner. In 2018, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Valencia, Spain. [1] She finished in 38th place. [1]

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Career

In 2015, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2015 African Games held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. She finished in 4th place.

In 2017, she competed in the senior women's race at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Kampala, Uganda. [2] She finished in 73rd place. [2]

In 2019, she represented Eritrea at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. [3] She competed in the women's half marathon and she finished in 12th place with a time of 1:15:33. [3]

In 2021, she competed in the women's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Women's Half Marathon" (PDF). IAAF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 December 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Senior women's race" (PDF). 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  3. 1 2 "2019 African Games – Athletics – Women's Half Marathon – Final". 2019 African Games. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  4. "Athletics - SOLOMON Kokob Tesfagaber". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2021-08-08.