Ababa Aregawi

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Abeba Aregawi (Moscow, 2013)

Abeba Aregawi Gebretsadik (born July 5, 1990 in Adigrat , Tigray region , Ethiopia ) is a middle-distance runner who started for her home country until 2012 and has been competing for Sweden since the end of 2012 . She has specialized in the 1500 meter course and has a personal best of 3: 56.54 minutes.

Athletic career

Ababa began her career as an 800-meter runner and won the Ethiopian national title in this discipline in 2009 ahead of the three-time champion Mestawet Tadesse .

In the 2010 season she switched to the 1500 meter distance. At the Olympic Games in London in 2012 , she finished fourth in the 1,500 meter run with 4:11:03 minutes. Her greatest success over this distance and in her entire career was winning the 2013 World Championships in Moscow . In 2014 it was also impossible to conquer at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot over 1500 meters. At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing , she finished sixth after 4: 12.16 minutes.

On February 29, 2016, Aregawi was suspended due to a positive doping test. The substance meldonium , which has been banned since January 1, 2016, was also detected in the B sample .

Most important victories

  • 2011
    • XL Galan, Stockholm
  • 2012
    • IAAF Diamond Race
    • Golden Gala, Rome
    • Bislett Games, Oslo
    • World class, Zurich
  • 2013
    • XL Galan, Stockholm
    • Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix, Doha
    • Adidas Grand Prix, New York
    • Golden Gala, Rome
    • British Grand Prix, Birmingham
    • Athletissima, Lausanne
    • World Champion over 1500 m (Moscow)
  • 2014
    • Indoor world champion over 1500 m (Sopot)

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ababa Aregawi. Retrieved January 15, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Ex-world champion Aregawi tested positive . Sportschau.de, ARD, February 29, 2016, accessed on March 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ Abeba Aregawi's B sample also positive. In: Leichtathletik.de. March 10, 2016, accessed March 11, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Aregawi, Ababa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aregawi Gebretsadik, Ababa (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish athlete
DATE OF BIRTH 5th July 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Adigrat , Ethiopia