| Fantu Worku | |
| Birth Date: | 29 March 1999 |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 1500 metres |
Fantu Worku Taye (born 29 March 1999) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner specialising in the 1500 metres. She won the silver medal at the 2016 World U20 Championships. She represented her country at the 2017 World Championships narrowly missing the semifinals.
At the 2018 Anniversary Games in London, she stopped racing half a lap early after sprinting to first place, mistaking the quarter mile line as the finish line and then proceeding to stop running once crossing it. [1]
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 4th | 1500 m | 4:05.84 | |
| World U20 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 1500 m | 4:08.43 | |
| 2017 | African Junior Championships | Tlemcen, Algeria | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 1500 m | 4:30.76 |
| World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 19th (h) | 1500 m | 4:05.81 | ||
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 6th | 3000 m | 8:50.54 | |
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 6th | 5000 m | 14:40.47 | |
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