Gudaf Tsegay
Gudaf Tsegay Desta (Amharic: ጉዳፉ ፀጋይ ደስታ; born 23 June 1997) is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. 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, Tsegay 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.
Tsegay at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gudaf Tsegay Desta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ethiopian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 January 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ethiopia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Middle-, Long-distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Hiluf Yihdego | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 1st (5,000m, 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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At age 16, Tsegay 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 fourth in the 10,000 metres.