Weynshet Ansa

Weynshet Ansa
Full name	Weynshet Ansa Weldetsadik
nation	Ethiopia
birthday	9th April 1996 (age 24)
place of birth	Ethiopia
Career
discipline	Obstacle course
Best performance	9: 27.03 min
status	active
Medal table
Africa Games 0 × 0 × 1 × African Championships 0 × 0 × 1 × U20 African Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × U18 world championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Africa Games bronze Rabat 2019 3000 m obstacle  African Championships bronze Durban 2016 3000 m obstacle Junior African Championships gold Réduit 2013 3000 m obstacle  Youth World Championships bronze Donetsk 2013 2000 m obstacle
last change: September 17th, 2019

Weynshet Ansa Weldetsadik ( Amharic ወይንሸት አንሳ ; * April 9, 1996 ) is an Ethiopian obstacle runner .

Athletic career

Weynshet Ansa gained her first international experience at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Donetsk , where she won the bronze medal in the 2000 meter obstacle course in 6: 30.05 minutes. Then she won in 9: 59.46 min at the Junior African Championships in Réduit . The following year, she finished fifth at the Junior World Championships in Eugene in 9: 59.31 minutes and in 2016 she won the bronze medal at the African Championships in Durban in 9: 39.89 minutes behind the two Kenyans Norah Jeruto and Agnes Chesang . Two years later she was fourth at the African Championships in Asaba in 9: 27.03 min. In 2019 she won the bronze medal at the African Games in Rabat in 9: 38.56 minutes behind her compatriot Mekides Abebe and Mercy Wanjiru from Kenya.

In 2016 and 2018 Ansa became the Ethiopian champion in the obstacle course.

Personal bests

• 3000 m obstacle: 9: 27.03 min, August 5, 2018 in Asaba

Web links

• Weynshet Ansa in the database of World Athletics (English)