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Full name | Yalemzerf Yehualaw Densa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Ethiopian | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 3 August 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Ethiopia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | NN Running Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Yalemzerf Yehualaw Densa (born 3 August 1999) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She is the current world record holder in the 10 kilometres, sits second on the world all-time list at the half marathon and sixth on the respective world all-time list for the marathon.
Career
In 2019, Yalemzerf Yehualaw represented Ethiopia at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco and she won the women's half marathon event, breaking Games record in a time of 1:10:26.[1] The same year, she also won the Great Ethiopian Run held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia setting a new course record of 31:55.[2]
She won the bronze medal in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.[3]
In August 2021, Yehualaw competed in the Antrim Coast Half Marathon in Northern Ireland setting a new world record time of 63m 44s, the first women's mark under 64 minutes not ratified because the course was 54 metres short.[4] She ran legal 63m 51s in October at the Valencia Half Marathon, thus securing second mark on the world all-time list behind team-mate Letesenbet Gidey who set a world record in this race.[5]
2022–present
On 27 February, she set a new world record in the women's 10 kilometres road race in Castellón, Spain, slicing 24 seconds off the yet-unratified mark held by Bahrain's Kalkidan Gezahegne since 2021, with a clocking of 29 minutes 14 seconds. At the time Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei held the ratified record of 29:43, set in 2017. Only two women ever had run faster over the distance on the track.[6]
In April, in her anticipated first marathon, Yehualaw achieved the fastest ever women's marathon debut of 2:17:23 at the Hamburg Marathon, breaking the Ethiopian record, German all-comers' record, and putting her sixth on the world all-time list. She won by almost nine minutes.[7]
Personal bests
Type | Event | Time | Date | Place | Notes |
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Track | 5000 metres | 14:53.77 | 12 June 2021 | Nice, France | |
10,000 metres | 30:20.77 | 8 June 2021 | Hengelo, Netherlands | ||
Road | 5 km | 15:27 | 15 March 2020 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | |
10 km | 29:14 | 27 February 2022 | Castellón de la Plana, Spain | World record | |
Half marathon | 63:51 | 24 October 2021 | Valencia, Spain | Mx 2nd of all time[8] | |
Marathon | 2:17:23 | 24 April 2022 | Hamburg, Germany | Mx NR 6th of all time[9] |
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
2019 | African Games | Rabat, Morocco | 1st | Half marathon | 1:10:26 |
2020 | World Half Marathon Championships | Gdynia, Poland | 3rd | Half marathon | 1:05:19 |
1st | Team race | 3:16:39 | |||
Road races representing NN Running Team | |||||
2019 | Marathon International de Rabat | Rabat, Morocco | 1st | Half marathon | 1:09:13 |
Delhi Half Marathon | New Delhi, India | 2nd | Half marathon | 1:06:01 | |
Great Ethiopian Run | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 1st | 10 km | 31:55 | |
Xiamen International Marathon | Xiamen, China | 1st | Half marathon | 1:07:34 | |
2020 | Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon | Ras Al Khaimah, UAE | 6th | Half marathon | 1:06:35 |
Delhi Half Marathon | New Delhi, India | 1st | Half marathon | 1:04:46 | |
San Silvestre Vallecana | Madrid, Spain | 1st | 10 km | 31:17 | |
2021 | Istanbul Half Marathon | Istanbul, Turkey | 2nd | Half marathon | 1:04:40 |
Antrim Coast Half Marathon | Antrim Coast, Northern Ireland | 1st | Half marathon | ||
Valencia Half Marathon | Valencia, Spain | 2nd | Half marathon | 1:03:51 | |
2022 | Great Ethiopian Run | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 1st | 10 km | 31:17 |
10K FACSA Castelló | Castellón de la Plana, Spain | 1st | 10 km | 29:14 WR | |
Hamburg Marathon | Hamburg, Germany | 1st | Marathon | 2:17:23 CR |
References
- ^ "Yalemzerf Yehualaw Densa". 2019 African Games Athlete Profile. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Aregawi and Yehualaw crowned champions at the 2019 Great Ethiopian Run". Ethiopian Embassy London. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Women's Half Marathon" (PDF). 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ Dickinson, Marley (22 October 2021). "Yalemzerf Yehualaw's half marathon WR unratifiable due to course being short". RunningMagazine.ca. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Letesenbet Gidey takes world half-marathon record apart in Valencia". AW. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ Brennan, Eliott (27 February 2022). "Yehualaw shatters women's 10km world record". InsideTheGames. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Yehualaw runs 2:17:23 in Hamburg for fastest ever women's marathon debut". World Athletics. 24 April 2022. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ "Top list – Half Marathon | Women | World". World Athletics. 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
- ^ "Top list – Marathon | Women | World". World Athletics. 2022-04-24. Retrieved 2022-04-24.