Senbere Teferi

Career
Senbere Teferi
Senbere Teferi in Rio de Janeiro, 2016
Full name	Senbere Teferi Sora
nation	Ethiopia Ethiopia
birthday	3rd May 1995 (age 25)
place of birth	Ethiopia
discipline	Long distance running
status	active
last change: December 6, 2019

Senbere Teferi Sora ( Amharic ሰንበሬ ተፈሪ ; * May 3, 1995 ) is an Ethiopian middle and long distance runner .

Career

In 2011 Senbere Teferi was second in the 1500 meter run in 4: 10.54 min at the World Youth Championships in Lille .

She got a bronze medal in the 1500 meter run at the Junior World Championships in Barcelona in 2012 when she crossed the finish line with a new personal best of 4: 08.28 minutes and came third.

At the 2013 World Championships in Moscow , she finished 30th in the 1,500 meter run.

At the 2015 World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang, she finished second and led Ethiopia to victory in the team championship. On August 30, 2015, she won the silver medal in the 5000 meter run at the World Championships in Beijing . It took her for run 14: 44.07 min. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she finished fifth over this distance in 14: 43.75 m.

At the 2017 World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, she was tenth in the individual standings and won silver in the team standings with Ethiopia. At the World Championships in London , she narrowly missed a medal in fourth over 5000 meters.

In 2018 she finished ninth in the Dubai Marathon in 2:24:11 hours and second in the World 10K Bangalore in 31:22 minutes. At the Diamond League meeting in Rabat, she increased her best performance in the 5000 meter run to 14: 23.33 min. In the Delhi half marathon, she did not reach the goal.

In February 2019, the then 23-year-old won the RAK half marathon in the United Arab Emirates in 1:05:45 h as close as possible to her countrywoman Netsanet Gudeta , who entered the results list at the same time.

Personal best

open air

1500 m : 4: 01.86 min, May 15, 2015, Doha
2000 m : 5: 34.27 min, June 17, 2014, Ostrava
3000 m : 8: 32.49 min, September 8, 2018, Ostrava
5000 m : 14: 23.33 min, July 13, 2018, Rabat
10,000 m : 30: 40.59 min, June 29, 2016, Hengelo
Half marathon : 1:05:32 h, October 27, 2019, Valencia
Marathon : 2:24:11 h, January 26, 2018, Dubai

Hall

1500 m: 4: 11.37 min, February 25, 2014, Prague
3000 m: 8: 46.84 min, February 21, 2015, Birmingham

Web links

Senbere Teferi in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Jon Mulkeen: Kiprop equals course record, Teferi clocks fastest debut at Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon. In: iaaf.org. February 8, 2019, accessed February 9, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Teferi, Senbere
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	ሰንበሬ ተፈሪ (Amharic); Teferi Sora, Senbere (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ethiopian long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH	May 3, 1995

[iaaf-1] Jon Mulkeen: Kiprop equals course record, Teferi clocks fastest debut at Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon. In: iaaf.org. February 8, 2019, accessed February 9, 2019 .