Winfred Yavi

Winfred Yavi

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Yavi at the ISTAF Berlin in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Winfred Mutile Yavi
Born	(1999-12-31) December 31, 1999 (age 24) Nairobi, Kenya
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Country	Bahrain
Sport	Athletics
Event	3000 metres steeplechase
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Bahrain Olympic Games 2024 Paris 3000 m st. World Championships 2023 Budapest 3000 m st. Diamond League 2023 3000 m st. Asian Games 2018 Jakarta 3000 m st. 2022 Hangzhou 1500 m 2022 Hangzhou 3000 m st. Asian Championships 2019 Doha 5000 m 2019 Doha 3000 m st. 2019 Doha 1500 m Military World Games 2019 Wuhan 3000 m st. 2019 Wuhan 5000 m Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya 1500 m 2021 Konya 3000 m st. Arab Championships 2019 Cairo 3000 m st. 2019 Cairo 5000 m World U20 Championships 2018 Tampere 3000 m st. Representing Asia-Pacific Continental Cup 2018 Ostrava 3000 m st.

Winfred Mutile Yavi OLY^{[citation needed]} (Arabic: وينفريد يافي, born 31 December 1999)^[1] is a Kenyan-born Bahraini female athlete who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Currently the second fastest athlete in history at the distance with a personal best of 8:44.39, she won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, setting a new Olympic record. Yavi hails from Ukia, Makueni County. She won the gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships beating Beatrice Chepkoech of Kenya and finished fourth at both the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships. Yavi won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games. She took bronze in the 1500 metres, gold in the 5000 metres and gold for the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships.

Yavi was the bronze medallist in her specialist event at the 2018 World Under-20 Championships.