Zeineba Yimer

Zeineba Yimer (born 17 June 1998) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She represented Ethiopia at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco and she won the silver medal in the women's 10,000 metres event.[1][2]

Career

In 2017, she won the Great Ethiopian Run held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[3]

She finished in fifth place at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Valencia, Spain.[4] In the team event Yimer, Netsanet Gudeta and Meseret Belete won the gold medal with a combined time of 3:22:27. In 2020, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.[5]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ethiopia
2017	Great Ethiopian Run	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	1st	10,000 m	32:30
2018	World Championships (HM)	Valencia, Spain	5th	Half marathon	1:08:07
2018	World Championships (HM)	Valencia, Spain	1st	Half marathon	3:22:27
2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	2nd	10,000 m	31:57.95
2020	World Championships (HM)	Gdynia, Poland	4th	Half marathon	1:05:39

"Gemechu leads Ethiopian 10,000m sweep at African Games". World Athletics – News. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
"2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
"Molla and Yimer win Ethiopian Half Marathon titles". World Athletics – News. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
"2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Half Marathon Women Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
"Women's Half Marathon" (PDF). 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.

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