Fotyen Tesfay

Fotyen Tesfay
Personal information
Born (1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 26)
Ofla, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Sport
CountryEthiopia
SportLong-distance running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
World Cross Country Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bathurst Senior team

Fotyen Tesfay (born 17 February 1998)[1] is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She competed in the women's 10,000 metres event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. In 2019, she competed in the senior women's race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark.[1] She finished in 11th place.[1]

In 2016, she finished in 4th place in the women's 3000 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland. In 2016, she won the Great Ethiopian Run held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

In 2017, she competed in the junior women's race at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Kampala, Uganda.[2] She finished in 6th place.[2]

In 2020, she won the 63rd edition of the Campaccio held in San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "Senior women's race" (PDF). 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Junior women's race" (PDF). 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  3. ^ Rowbottom, Mike (6 January 2020). "Tuemay and Tesfay secure Ethiopian double at World Athletics Cross Country Permit in Campaccio". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.