Gudaf Tsegay

In this Ethiopian name, the name Tsegay is a patronymic, and the person should be referred by the given name, Gudaf.

Gudaf Tsegay
Tsegay at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade
Personal information
Full nameGudaf Tsegay Desta
NationalityEthiopian
Born (1997-01-23) 23 January 1997 (age 27)
Bora, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
CountryEthiopia
SportAthletics
Event(s)Middle-, Long-distance running
Coached byHiluf Yihdego
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st (5,000m, 2023)[1]
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 5000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Eugene 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest 10,000 m
Silver medal – second place 2022 Eugene 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Doha 1500 m
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Belgrade 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2024 Glasgow 3000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Portland 1500 m
Diamond League
First place 2023 5000 m
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Eugene 1500 m

Gudaf Tsegay Desta (Amharic: ጉዳፉ ፀጋይ ደስታ; born 23 June 1997)[2] is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner.[3] She is the current women’s world record holder for 5,000 m (14:00.21), set at the 2023 final Diamond League event, the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon. Eugene is also where she won the World Athletics Championships on 5,000 m in 2022. At the World Athletics Championships, Gudaf also won the gold medal for 10,000 metres in 2023; a bronze for the 1,500 metres in 2019, and silver in 2022. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist in the women's 5,000 metres. She is a two-time World Indoor Championship 1,500 m medallist, claiming bronze in 2016 and gold in 2022. She is also the world indoor record holder for the 1,500 m, setting previously in this event world under-18 (current) and U20 (former) records.

At age 16, Gudaf represented Ethiopia in the 1500 m at the 2014 World Indoor Championships. That same year, the 17-year-old won the silver medal in the discipline at the World U20 Championships. She is a versatile runner. As of Sept 2023, she was the world's 10th fastest woman in the indoor 800 metres, first in the 5,000 m and third in the 10,000 metres.[4]

  1. ^ "World Rankings | Women's 5000m (3000m-2 Miles-5km)".
  2. ^ "Gudaf TSEGAY – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ^ Bloom, Ben (9 February 2021). "Laura Muir sets new 1500m British indoor mark but Gudaf Tsegay triumphs in world record time". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
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