Zeineba Yimer Explained

Zeineba Yimer
Nationality:	Ethiopian
Birth Date:	1998 6, df=yes
Country:	Ethiopia
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Long-distance running
Team:	NN Running Team

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

Career

In 2017, Zeineba Yimer 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]

Yimer competed in the women's marathon at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.^[6]

Achievements

2017	Great Ethiopian Run	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	bgcolor=gold	1st	10,000 m	32:30
2018	World Half Marathon Championships	Valencia, Spain	5th	Half marathon	1:08:07
			bgcolor=gold	1st	Half marathon
2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	bgcolor=silver	2nd	10,000 m	31:57.95
2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	4th	Half marathon	1:05:39
2021	Olympic Games	Sapporo, Japan	–	Marathon	DNF

Notes and References

1. News: Gemechu leads Ethiopian 10,000m sweep at African Games. 29 August 2019. World Athletics – News. 27 December 2019.
2. Web site: 2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book . 7 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190901063534/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/resJA2019/pdf/JA2019/AT/JA2019_AT_C99_AT0000000.pdf . 1 September 2019 . dead .
3. News: Molla and Yimer win Ethiopian Half Marathon titles. 28 January 2018. World Athletics – News. 27 December 2019.
4. Web site: 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Half Marathon Women Results. IAAF. 27 December 2019.
5. Web site: Women's Half Marathon. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201017111945/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138821/AT-HMAR-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=1284936714. 17 October 2020. 17 October 2020. 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships.
6. Web site: Athletics - YIMER Zeineba. dead. 2021-08-09. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 2021-08-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20210809010529/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1352028-yimer-zeineba.htm.