Diribe Welteji

Diribe Welteji
nation	Ethiopia
birthday	May 13, 2002 (age 18)
place of birth	Ethiopia
Career
discipline	Middle distance run
status	active
Medal table
U20 world championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U20 African Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Junior World Championships gold Tampere 2018 800 m Junior African Championships gold Abidjan 2019 1500 m
last change: August 29, 2019

Diribe Welteji ( Amharic ድርቤ ወልተጂ ; * May 13, 2002 ) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner .

Athletic career

Diribe Welteji gained her first international experience at the U20 World Championships 2018 in Tampere , where she won the gold medal in a new championship record of 1: 59.74 minutes. In addition, she retired with the Ethiopian 4 x 400 meter relay with 3: 39.29 minutes in advance. The following year she won in 4: 11.59 min in the 1500-meter run at the Junior African Championships in Abidjan . At the end of August she finished fourth over 800 meters at the Africa Games in Rabat in 2: 04.20 minutes.

Personal bests

• 800 meters: 1: 59.74 min, July 12, 2018 in Tampere
  • 800 meters (hall): 2: 02.64 min, February 10, 2019 in Liévin
• 1500 meters: 4: 11.59 min, April 17, 2019 in Abidjan
  • 1500 meters (hall): 4: 16.51 min, February 2, 2019 in Mondeville

Web links

• Diribe Welteji in the database of World Athletics (English)