 Yehualaw at the 2023 World Athletics Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yalemzerf Yehualaw Densa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 August 1999 Finote Selam, Mirab Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Genetu Molalign | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | NN Running Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Tessema Abshero | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Yalemzerf Yehualaw Densa (born 3 August 1999)[1] is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the 2022 London Marathon. Yehualaw is the current world record holder in the 10 kilometres road race, sits second on the world all-time list at the half marathon and tenth on the respective world all-time list for the marathon.[2]
Yehualaw recorded the then-fastest ever women's marathon debut at the time at the 2022 Hamburg Marathon.
- ^ "Yalemzerf YEHUALAW – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 10 October 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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