Yenawa Nbret
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| Nationality | Ethiopian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 May 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ethiopia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Long-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yenawa Nbret (born 18 May 2007) is an Ethiopian long distance runner. In 2024, she set a 10km road under-18 world best.[1]
Career
She was a silver medalist over 3000 metres at the 2023 African U20 Championships in Ndola, Zambia.[2]
She finished sixth in the U20 race at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Belgrade on 30 March 2024, and as the fourth finishing Ethiopian woman won a gold medal in the U20 women's team race.[3][4] Prior to the race, she had won Ethiopia’s trials for Belgrade at the Jan Meda International Cross Country.[5]
In May 2024, she competed at the Prefontaine Classic, part of the 2024 Diamond League, over 5000 metres.[6] She finished seventh in September 2024 at the Trunsylvania 10km road race at the Brasov Running Festival in a personal best time of 30:38, also an under-18 world best.[7]
She ran a personal best 14:47.56 in the 5000 metres at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025.[8] She won the 10,000 metres at the 2025 Bislett Games in Oslo on 11 June 2025.[9]
References
- ^ "Yenawa Nbret". World Athletics. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "African U20 Championships". World Athletics. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ "Alemayo leads Ethiopian sweep of U20 women's medals". Runners Gazette. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Women's U20 Results - World Athletics Cross Country Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "WXC Belgrade 24 U20 women's preview: Ethiopia set for double title defence". World Athletics. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ "Results: Prefontaine Classic - Eugene Diamond League 2024". Watch Athletics. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ Meje, Yomog (22 September 2024). "Kenyans triumph at tRUNsylvania 10K – Brasov Running Festival 2024". Athletics.Africa. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ "Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "Results - Oslo Diamond League Bislett Games 2025". Watch Athletics. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.