Zeineba Yimer

Zeineba Yimer
nation	Ethiopia
birthday	17th June 1998 (age 22)
Career
discipline	Long distance running
status	active
Medal table
World Cross Country Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × Africa Games 0 × 1 × 0 ×
World Cross Country Championships gold Kampala 2017 U20 team  Africa Games silver Rabat 2019 10,000 m
last change: September 7, 2019

Zeineba Yimer ( Amharic ዘይነባ ይመር ; born June 17, 1998 ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner .

Athletic career

Zeineba Yimer gained her first international experience at the 2017 World Cross Country Championships in Kampala , where she finished tenth in the U20 classification after 19:32 minutes and won the gold medal in the team classification.

The following year, she finished fifth at the 2018 Half Marathon World Championships in Valencia in 1:08:07 h and became Ethiopian Half Marathon Champion.

At the beginning of February 2019 they finished third in the RAK half marathon in 1:05:46 h and in June they set a new course record in Valencia in a 15 km road race with 46:52 minutes. In August she won the silver medal in the 10,000 meter run behind her compatriot Tsehay Gemechu at the Africa Games in Rabat in 31: 57.95 minutes .

Personal bests

• 10,000 meters : 30: 46.24 min, July 17, 2019, Hengelo
• 10 km road run: 32:47 min, May 27, 2018, Bengaluru
• 15 km road race: 46:52 min, June 8, 2019, Valencia
• Half marathon : 1:05:46 min, February 8, 2019, Ra's al-Khaimah
• Marathon : 2:19:28 h, December 1, 2019, Valencia

Web links

• Zeineba Yimer in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Elshadai Negash: Molla and Yimer win Ethiopian Half Marathon titles . IAAF. January 28, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
2. ^ Emeterio Valiente: Course records for Kipchumba and Yimer over 15k in Valencia . IAAF. June 9, 2019. Retrieved September 7, 2019.