Tsehay Gemechu

Tsehay Gemechu
Full name	Tsehay Gemechu Beyan
nation	Ethiopia
birthday	12th December 1998 (age 21)
Career
discipline	Long distance running
status	active
Medal table
World Cross Country Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × Africa Games 1 × 0 × 0 ×
World Cross Country Championships gold Aarhus 2019 team  Africa Games gold Rabat 2019 10,000 m
last change: September 7, 2019

Tsehay Gemechu Beyan ( Amharic ፀሐይ ገመቹ ; * December 12, 1998 ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner .

Athletic career

Tsehay Gemechu gained her first international experience at the Delhi Half Marathon 2018, where she won with a course record of 1:06:50 h. The following year, she set a new national record in Valencia in the 10 km road race with 30:15 minutes and at the 2019 World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus she finished sixth in 36:56 minutes and secured the gold medal in the team standings. In August she took part in the 10,000 meter run at the Africa Games in Rabat , where she won in 31: 56.92 minutes.

In 2019 she won the New Delhi Half Marathon for the second time in a new course record time of 1:06:00 h.

Personal bests

• 10,000 meters : 30: 53.11 min, July 17, 2019 in Hengelo
• 10 km road race: 30:15 min, January 13, 2019 in Valencia
• Half marathon : 1:06:00 min, October 20, 2019 in New Delhi

Web links

• Tsehay Gemechu in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Phil Minshull: Debutante Gemechu clocks 1:06:50 course record at Delhi Half Marathon . IAAF. October 21, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
2. ^ Emeterio Valiente: Gemechu smashes Ethiopian 10km record in Valencia . IAAF. January 31, 2019. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
3. ^ Yemi Olus: Gemechu leads Ethiopian 10,000m sweep at African Games . IAAF. August 29, 2019. Retrieved September 7, 2019.