| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Ethiopian |
| Born | 30 November 1997 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Cross country, Long distance running |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 1500m: 4:00.14 (Budapest, 2025) 3000m: 8:24.29 (Oslo, 2024) 5000m: 14:30.54 (Xiamen, 2025) 10,000m: 32:33.59 (London, 2023) Road 5km: 14:23 (Barcelona, 2025) 10km: 29:30 (Valencia, 2026) Half marathon: 1:04:44 (Copenhagen, 2025) |
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 Zornotza in Amorebieta, Spain. [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 January 2024, she placed second at the San Silvestre Vallecana, a World Athletics Elite Label road race, in Spain. [6] In April 2024, she ran a personal best time of 29:56 to win the Paris for the Festival of Running 10km road race. [7]
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. [8] At the end of the month, she finished second in the 3000 metres at the 2024 Bislett Games in Oslo in 8:24.29. [9]
In February 2025, she won the 5km Monaco Run in a time of 14:33. [10] 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. [11] 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. [12] She was then runner-up over 5000 metres to Agnes Ngetich in the Diamond League at the 2025 Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium. [13] She placed third over 3000 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August. [14]
Amebaw placed third at the Cross Internacional de Itálica in Spain, in November 2025, finishing behind Winfred Yavi and Daisy Jepkemei. [15] The following week she won the Cross Internacional de Soria in Spain. [16] On 31 December, Amebaw moved to fifth on the all-time list with the world’s second-quickest performance of 2025, winning the 5km Cursa dels Nassos, a World Athletics Label event, held in Barcelona, in 14:23. [17] On 11 January 2026, she moved to sixth on the world all-time list for 10km, with her time of 29:30 in finishing second to Brenda Jepchirchir, in Valencia. [18]