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| Nationality | Swedish | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 April 1990 Eritrea | ||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 3000 metres | ||||||||||||||||
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Samrawit Mengsteab (born 15 April 1990) is an Eritrean-Swedish athlete. [1] She competed in the women's 3000 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships. [2] Mengsteab represented Eritrea until 31 March 2017. From 2 November 2018 she is eligible to represent Sweden.
Ileana Salvador is a former Italian race walker who won eight medals at the World Championships and European Championships
The National Assembly of the State of Eritrea has 150 members, 75 members appointed and 75 members representing the members of the Central Committee of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), the sole legal political party of Eritrea. According to the IPU, the National Assembly has 150 indirectly elected members. The National Assembly was composed in 1994, and its meeting place is located in Asmara.
Henok Goitom is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward, currently assistant manager of AIK.
Cecilia Wigström is a Swedish former politician who represented the Liberal People's Party. She was a member of the Riksdag from 2002 until 2010. She often highlighted the plight of Dawit Isaak, a journalist imprisoned by the Eritrean government without trial, after demanding democratic reforms.
Nebiat Habtemariam Measho is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon. She was the first woman to represent Eritrea at the Olympics. Earlier in her career, she ran the 5000 metres and cross-country running. She is a three-time participant at the Summer Olympics. She has a marathon best of 2:32:04 hours set at the 2008 Hamburg Marathon, where she was seventh.
Meraf Bahta Ogbagaber is an Eritrean middle-distance runner. She represents Sweden in international competitions and specializes in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres.
Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the south, Sudan in the west, and Djibouti in the southeast. The northeastern and eastern parts of Eritrea have an extensive coastline along the Red Sea. The nation has a total area of approximately 117,600 km2 (45,406 sq mi), and includes the Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands.
Sports in Eritrea primarily consist of football, cycling, and long-distance running.
Mohammed Khalid Saeid is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Superettan club Trelleborg. Born in Sweden, he represents the Eritrea national team.
Weynay Ghebresilasie is an Eritrean born runner, competing for Great Britain as of February 2021, who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He competed in that event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, coming tenth in his heat, and was the flag bearer of the Eritrean team. He also placed sixth at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics that year.
Dahab Faytinga, known professionally as Faytinga, is an Eritrean singer and musician. She belongs to the Nilotic Kunama and Tigrinya ethnic groups.
Aron Kifle Teklu is an Eritrean long-distance runner. He is the bronze medallist from the 2018 World Half Marathon Championships in Valencia. Aron is also the silver medallist in the 10000m from both the 2016 World U20 Championships and the 2019 All-African Games.
Fanny Matilda Charlotta Roos is a Swedish athlete specialising in the shot put. She won a silver medal at the 2021 European Indoor Championships, while setting an outright national record of 19.29 meters in the final. In doing so, Roos made history by becoming the first Swedish woman in 93 years, and the second overall, to medal in a throwing event at the Olympics, World-, or European Championships. The first to do so was Ruth Svedberg, who won a bronze medal in the discus throw at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Haji Jabir is an Eritrean novelist and journalist. He was born in the city of Massawa on the Red Sea coast. Writing in Arabic, he has published five novels until 2021. With the nomination of Black Foam (2018), Jabir became the first Eritrean novelist to be longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
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Kokob TesfagabrielSolomon 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. She finished in 38th place.
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