| Sinta Vissa | |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Full Name: | Sintayehu Vissa |
| Birth Date: | 29 July 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Bahir Dar, Ethiopia |
| Hometown: | Bertiolo, Italy |
| Alma Mater: | University of Mississippi Giacomo Ceconi High School |
| Height: | 1.68 m |
| Employer: | On Running |
| Country: | Italy |
| Sport: | Track, Cross country |
| Event: | Middle-distance running, 5000 metres |
| Club: | On Athletic Club |
| Collegeteam: | Ole Miss Rebels |
| Coach: | Dathan Ritzenhein 2022–present Ryan Vanhoy 2020–22 |
| Turnedpro: | 2022 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Sintayehu Vissa (born 29 July 1996)[1] is an Ethiopian-born Italian professional middle-distance runner. She represented Italy at 2023 & 2022 World Athletics Championships competing in the women's 1500 metres.
Sinta Vissa is the 2022 NCAA Division I 1500 m champion. She is the Italian indoor record holder for the mile.
In August 2022, Sinta Vissa signed a professional contract to be coached by Dathan Ritzenhein and train with On Athletics Club.[2] [3] [4]
On 28 January 2023, she broke by 0.19 s Gabriella Dorio's 41-year-old Italian indoor mile record with a time of 4:28.71 at the NYRR Dr Sander Invitational in Fort Washington Avenue Armory.[5] Vissa smashed her own record a few weeks later, running 4:24.54 at the Millrose Games in New York for sixth place.[6]
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, OR, United States | 22nd | 1500 m | 4:07.33 |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 25th | 1500 m | 4:01.66 |
| 2023 European Athletics Team Championships First Division | Chorzów, Poland | 4th | 1500 m | 4:12.62 | |
| European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 9th | 1500 m | 4:10.05 | |
| 2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 10th (h) | 1500 m | 4:11.22 |
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | 10th (h) | 1500 m | 3:58.11 |
As a Saint Leo Lions, Sintayehu Vissa earned 2019 All-Conference Sunshine State Conference Cross Country honors at the Sunshine State Championships during her first year in the United States from her hometown of Bertiolo, Italy.[7]
She was a 2020 NCAA Division II USTFCCCA 800 metres All-American.[8] [9]
Vissa was a 1500 m champion at 2022 NCAA Division I T&F Championships and earned 5 NCAA Division I U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-American awards, 1 NCAA Division II U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-American award and 3 Southeastern Conference Championship titles as an Ole Miss Rebels. She ran a 4:04.64 1500 m in Castellón in June, the No. 4 time ever on the USTFCCCA all-time list.[10]
| Representing Ole Miss Rebels | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | University of Oregon | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 1500 m | 4:09.42 | |
| University of Mississippi | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 1500 m | 4:08.72 | ||
| 5th | 5000 m | 15:56.86 | ||||
| Birmingham CrossPlex | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Mile | 4:35.40 | ||
| 6th | DMR | 11:04.86 | ||||
| Texas A&M University | bgcolor=gold | 1st | Mile | 4:33.96 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | DMR | 10:56.39 | |||
| 2021 | NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships | Florida State University | 33rd | 6000 m cross country | 19:53.2 | |
| University of Missouri | 6th | 6000 m cross country | 20:16.7 | |||
| SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships | Texas A&M University | 4th | 800 m | 2:06.66 | ||
| 12th | 4 x 400 m relay | 3:44.27 | ||||
| Oklahoma State University–Stillwater | 51st | 6000 m cross country | 21:04.6 | |||
| University of Arkansas-Fayetteville | 8th | DMR | 11:07.18 | |||
| University of Alabama | 4th | 800 m | 2:06.97 | |||
| 8th | DMR | 11:04.27 | ||||
| Representing Saint Leo Lions | ||||||
| 2020 | NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championship | Birmingham, Alabama | Cancelled | 800 m | 2:12.98 Qualification Time | |
| 2019 | NCAA Division II Cross Country Championship | California State University, Sacramento | 157th | 6000 m cross country | 22:15.5 | |
| Boca Raton, Florida | 10th | 6000 m cross country | 23:30.2 | |||