Gudaf Tsegay

Gudaf Tsegay
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

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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