| Farida Abaroge | |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Middle distance, Cross-country running |
| Birth Place: | Jimma, Oromia Region, Ethiopia |
| Pb: | 1500m: 4:27.47 (Decines, 2023) |
Farida Abaroge (born 1994, credited as 1 January) is a middle distance and cross country runner. She was selected to compete for the IOC Refugee Team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[1]
Aborage is a karate black belt and was a footballer in her native Jimma, in the southwest of Ethiopia before fleeing due to persecution. She claimed asylum in France in 2017 via Sudan, an Egyptian refugee camp, and imprisonment in Libya. After arriving at the refugee reception centre in Thal-Marmoutier, in northern Alsace, she is based in Strasbourg.[2] [3]
At the 2022 French Athletics Championships, she finished 15th in the 10,000m race with a time of 35:30. in July 2023, she set a personal best time in the 1500 metres of 4:27.47.[4] [5]
She received a Refugee Athlete Scholarship from the Olympic Refuge Foundation (ORF) in December 2023.[6]
She competed at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade.[7] In May 2024, she was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 1500 metres as part of the IOC Refugee Team.[8] [9]