Fantu Worku 
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Full name
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Fantu Worku Taye
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nation
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Ethiopia Ethiopia
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birthday
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29th March 1999 (age 21)
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place of birth
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Ethiopia
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| Career
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discipline
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Middle distance run
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status
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active
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| Medal table
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| World Cross Country Championships
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| U20 world championships
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| U20 African Championships
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last change: February 4, 2020
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Fantu Worku Taye (born March 29, 1999 ) is an Ethiopian middle and long distance runner .
Athletic career
Fantu Worku gained her first international experience at the 2016 African Championships in Durban , where she finished fourth in the 1,500 meter run in 4: 05.84 minutes . Then she won the silver medal behind her compatriot Adanech Anbesa at the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz in 4: 08.43 min . The following year she won the silver medal in 4: 30.76 minutes at the Junior African Championships in Tlemcen and also qualified for the World Championships in London , where she was eliminated in the first round with 4: 05.81 minutes . In 2018 she took part in the 3000 meter run at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham , where she finished sixth in 8: 50.54 minutes. At the 2019 World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus , she won in 25:49 minutes with the mixed relay. Over 5000 meters she took part in the World Championships in Doha in October , where she finished sixth in the final with 14: 40.47 minutes .
In 2017 Worku became the Ethiopian champion in the 1,500 meter run and in 2019 over 5,000 meters.
Personal bests
- 1500 meters: 4: 05.81 min, August 4th 2017 in London
- 1500 meters (hall): 4: 06.39 min, February 4, 2020 in Düsseldorf
- 3000 meters: 8: 32.10 min, June 30, 2019 in Palo Alto
- 3000 meters (hall): 8: 37.58 min, January 31, 2020 in Karlsruhe
- 5000 meters: 14: 40.47 min, October 5, 2019 in Doha
Web links
Individual evidence
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↑ Jon Mulkeen: Mixed relay report: Ethiopia gains revenge on Kenya in Aarhus . IAAF. March 30, 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
Ethiopia
