Starting in 2016, she originally won the silver medal for Bahrain at the Asian Indoor Championships in Doha behind Betlhem Desalegn from the United Arab Emirates. This was subsequently convicted of doping and Gashaw was then guaranteed the gold medal. During the outdoor season she also qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she was eliminated with 4: 10.96 min in the first round . In 2017 she was fourth in the mixed relay at the World Cross Country Championships in Kampala and fourth in the 1500 meters at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku . In 2018 she took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta for the first time and won the silver medal there in 4: 09.12 minutes behind her compatriot Kalkidan Gezahegne . The following year, she won the silver medal behind the Indian PU Chitra at the Asian Championships in Doha in 4: 14.81 minutes . Before that, she won the Bahraini 4 x 400 meter relay in 3: 48.60 min at the Arab Championships in Cairo and was fourth over 1500 meters in 4: 32.03 min. In the 5000 meter run , she then took part in the World Championships in Doha, but could not finish her preliminary run there. At the Military World Games in Wuhan she was seventh over 1500 meters in 4: 31.15 minutes and fourth over 5000 meters in 15: 31.56 minutes.
Personal best
1500 meters: 4: 05.47 min, June 20, 2019 in Ostrava
1500 meters (hall): 4: 16.45 min, February 9, 2016 in Eaubonne
Bahrain Ethiopia
