Genet Yalew

Genet Yalew during 10K Tilburg (2013)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 GuiyangTeam
Silver medal – second place2013 BydgoszczTeam
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
Silver medal – second place2016 CardiffTeam
Silver medal – second place2014 CopenhagenTeam

Genet Yalew Kassahun (born 31 December 1992) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner who competes in track, cross country and road running events. Her half marathon best of 66:26 minutes is the Ethiopian record and ranks her in the top ten all-time for the sport.[1]

As an age-category athlete she won several individual medals, first taking 3000 metres bronze at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics, then the junior silver at the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and finally another track bronze at the 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships. As part of the Ethiopian junior cross country team, she shared in a silver in 2010 before leading the team to gold in the 2011 edition.[2] She began competing on the IAAF Diamond League senior circuit in the 2011 and 2012 seasons.[3]

Genet was a medal-winning team member for Ethiopia at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and won a second team silver at the 2014 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. She shared in the team gold medal at the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, but was not a point-scoring member of the team,[2] having finished in tenth. On the track, she came short of a medal over 10,000 metres at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics, and was again off the podium at the 2015 African Games, taking fifth in the 5000 m.[3] She finished in that same place at the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, which helped an Ethiopian team of Netsanet Gudeta, Genet and Dehininet Demsew to the silver medals.[2]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2009 World Youth Championships Brixen, Italy 3rd 3000 m 9:08.95
2010 World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 5th Junior race 19:03
2nd Junior team 30 pts
World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 6th 3000 m 9:01.75
2011 World Cross Country Championships Punta Umbría, Spain 2nd Junior race 18:54
1st Junior team 17 pts
African Junior Championships Gaborone, Botswana 3rd 5000 m 15:27.96
2012 African Cross Country Championships Cape Town, South Africa 8th Senior race 27:49
2nd Senior team 1:50:26
2013 World Cross Country Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 15th Senior race 25:10
2nd Senior team 48 pts
2014 World Half Marathon Championships Copenhagen, Denmark 10th Half marathon 1:09:15
2nd Team 3:27:05
African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 4th 10,000 m 32:52.46
2015 World Cross Country Championships Guiyang, China 10th Senior race 27:00
1st Senior team 17 pts
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of Congo 5th 5000 m 15:43.77
2016 World Half Marathon Championships Cardiff, United Kingdom 5th Half marathon 1:08:15
2nd Team 3:26:29

Circuit wins

Personal bests

References

  1. ↑ senior outdoor Half Marathon women. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-29.
  2. 1 2 3 Genet Yalew. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-29.
  3. 1 2 Genet Ayalew. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2016-03-29.
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