Winfred Yavi Explained

Winfred Yavi
Honorific Suffix:	OLY
Full Name:	Winfred Mutile Yavi
Birth Date:	31 December 1999
Birth Place:	Nairobi, Kenya
Height:	1.59 m
Weight:	49kg
Country:	Bahrain
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	3000 metres steeplechase

Winfred Mutile Yavi (Arabic: وينفريد يافي, born 31 December 1999)^[1] is a Kenyan-born Bahraini female athlete who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, setting the new Olympic record. Mutile hails from Ukia, Makueni County. She won the gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships beating Beatrice Chepkoech of Kenya and finished fourth at both the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships. Yavi won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games. She took bronze in the 1500 metres, gold in the 5000 metres and gold for the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships.

Yavi was the bronze medallist in her specialist event at the 2018 World Under-20 Championships.

Career

Born in Kenya, Winfred Yavi transferred her allegiance to Bahrain at the age of fifteen, becoming eligible to compete for her adopted nation in August 2016.^[2] She competed in the 2017 World Championships in Athletics at the age of 17, and finished eighth in the steeplechase final in a personal best time of 9:22.67.^[3]

Statistics

All information from World Athletics profile.

Personal bests

• 1500 metres – 4:05.54 (Nairobi 2022)
• 3000 metres – 9:10.5h (Embu 2016)
  • 3000 metres indoor – 8:39.64 (Val-de-Reuil 2020) Asian record
• 2000 metres steeplechase – 5:56.83 (Berlin 2019)
  • 2000 metres steeplechase indoor – 5:45.09 (Liévin 2021)
• 3000 metres steeplechase – 8:50.66 (Eugene 2023)

International competitions

2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	8th	3000 m s'chase	9:22.67
2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	3rd	3000 m s'chase	9:23.47
	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	bgcolor=gold	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:36.52
	Continental Cup	Ostrava, Czech Republic	3rd	3000 m s'chase	9:17.86
2019	Arab Championships	Cairo, Egypt	bgcolor=gold	1st	5000 m	17:15.08
			bgcolor=gold	1st	3000 m s'chase	10:07.62
	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	1500 m	4:16.18
			bgcolor=gold	1st	5000 m	15:28.87
			bgcolor=gold	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:46.18
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	4th	3000 m s'chase	9:05.68
	Military World Games	Wuhan, China	bgcolor=silver	2nd	5000 m	15:15.93
			bgcolor=gold	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:19.24
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	10th	3000 m s'chase	9:19.74
2022	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	4th	3000 m s'chase	9:01.31
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	bgcolor=gold	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:34:57
2023	Arab Games	Oran, Algeria	bgcolor=gold	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:04.58
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	bgcolor=gold	1st	3000 m s'chase	8:54.29
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	bgcolor=gold	1st	1500 m	4:11.65
			bgcolor=gold	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:18.28
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	bgcolor=gold	1st	3000 m s'chase	8:52.76

Circuit wins

• Diamond League

3000 m steeplechase wins, other events specified in parentheses

• 2022: Paris Meeting

• 2023: Doha Diamond League (WL)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Winfred Mutile YAVI – Athlete Profile . . 1 January 2023.
2. Web site: 14 February 2018 . ELIGIBILITY - TRANSFER OF ALLEGIANCE (Transfers that have taken place from 25 April to 29 June 2016) . 14 August 2024 . IAAF.
3. https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/bahrain/winfred-mutile-yavi-298328 Winfred Mutile Yavi