Dawit Seyaum

Dawit Seyaum Biratu (born 27 July 1996) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres.

Dawit Seyaum

Dawit Seyaum (left) in 2016
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
World Indoor Championships
2016 Portland1500 m
African Games
2015 Brazzaville1500 m
African Championships
2014 Marrakech1500 m

Career

Dawit made her first impact at national level in 2013, winning the 1500 m national junior title.[1] Her debut on the IAAF Diamond League circuit followed shortly after, and she set a personal best of 4:14.95 minutes at the Doha Diamond League meet.[2] She was selected for her international debut at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics and was runner-up to Tigist Gashaw – the first time Ethiopia took the top two spots in that event.[3] She reversed this placing at the 2013 African Junior Athletics Championships, taking the title with a best of 4:09.00 minutes several seconds ahead of Tigist.[4]

She won her first indoor competition in Prague in February 2014, running a time of 4:09.08 minutes.[5] At the Rabat Meeting she established herself among the world's top 1500 m runners with a win in 3:59.53 minutes – an Ethiopian junior record and meeting record which ranked her seventh in the global rankings that year.[6][7] She was near four minutes again at the New York Diamond League, where she finished as runner-up.[2]

She entered the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics as favourite and delivered on this by winning the gold medal, going unchallenged throughout the final lap.[8] Her first senior medal followed at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics, where she was the silver medallist behind the more experienced Hellen Obiri.[9] Dawit was chosen for the Africa team for the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup and finished with the bronze medal behind Sifan Hassan and Shannon Rowbury.[10]

Personal bests

)

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 2nd 1500 m 4:15.51
African Junior Championships Bambous, Mauritius 1st 1500 m 4:09.00
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 1st 1500 m 4:09.86
African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 2nd 1500 m 4:10.92
IAAF Continental Cup Marrakech, Morocco 3rd 1500 m 4:07.61
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 4th 1500 m 4:10.26
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 1st 1500 m 4:16.69
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 2nd 1500 m 4:05.30
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8th 1500 m 4:13.14
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 14th (h) 1500 m 4:10.20

References

  1. Negash, Elshadai (2013-03-17). Teferi and Mola make their mark at Ethiopian Junior Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  2. Dawit Seyaum. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  3. Gashaw leads Ethiopian 1-2 in 1500m. IAAF (2013-07-13). Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  4. Ethiopian and Nigerian athletes impress at African Junior Champs. IAAF (2013-09-01). Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  5. Minshull, Phil (2014-02-25). Ukhov's stock continues to rise as the Russian jumps 2.42m in Prague". IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  6. Mulkeen, Jon (2014-06-08). Bondarenko breaks African all-comers' record in Marrakesh. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  7. 1500 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  8. Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2014-07-27). Report: women's 1500m – IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  9. Mulkeen, Jon (2014-08-12). Redemption for Makwala at African Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  10. Ramsak, Bob (2014-09-14). Report: women's 1500m – IAAF Continental Cup, Marrakech 2014". IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.