Personal information | |
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Nationality | Ethiopian |
Born | 30 November 1997 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Cross country, Long distance running |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 3000m: 8:24.29 (Oslo, 2024) 5000m 14:30.54 (Xiamen, 2025) 10,000m: 32:33.59 (London, 2023) |
Likina Amebaw (born 30 November 1997) is an Ethiopian long distance runner. [1]
In April 2021, she won the cross country at the Almond Blossom Cross Country in Albufeira. [2] She won again in Albufeira in February 2023. [3]
In October 2023, she won the first Gold event of that season’s World Athletics Cross Country Tour, claiming victory at the Cross Internacional Zornotza in Amorebieta. [4]
In November 2023, she won the Cross Internacional de Soria, a Gold level meeting on the World Athletics Cross Country Tour, in Soria, Spain. [5]
In April 2024, she ran a personal best time of 29:56 to win the Paris for the Festival of Running 10km road race. [6]
She finished fifth in the 5000 metres at the Diamond League event the 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme in Morocco in May 2024. [7] At the end of the month, she finished second in the 3000 metres at the 2024 Bislett Games in Oslo in 8:24.29. [8]
In February 2025, she won the 5km Monaco Run in a time of 14:33. [9] She ran a personal best of 14:30.54 for the 5000 metres at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025. [10] She was second over 3000 metres at the 2025 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, part of the 2025 Diamond League, in Poland, with a run of 8:34.53 to finish runner-up to Faith Kipyegon. [11] She was then runner-up over 5000 metres to Agnes Ngetich in the Diamond League at the 2025 Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium. [12] She placed third over 3000 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August. [13]