Yalemzerf Yehualaw

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.

Yalemzerf Yehualaw
Personal information
Full nameYalemzerf Yehualaw Densa
NationalityEthiopian
Born (1999-08-03) 3 August 1999
Sport
CountryEthiopia
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long-distance running
TeamNN Running Team
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
World Half Marathon Championships
2020 GdyniaTeam race
2020 GdyniaHalf marathon
African Games
2019 RabatHalf 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
TypeEventTimeDatePlaceNotes
Track 5000 metres14:53.7712 June 2021Nice, France
10,000 metres30:20.778 June 2021Hengelo, Netherlands
Road 5 km15:2715 March 2020Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
10 km29:1427 February 2022Castellón de la Plana, SpainWorld record
Half marathon63:5124 October 2021Valencia, SpainMx 2nd of all time[8]
Marathon2:17:2324 April 2022Hamburg, GermanyMx NR 6th of all time[9]

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Ethiopia
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 1:03:44
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
  1. "Yalemzerf Yehualaw Densa". 2019 African Games Athlete Profile. Retrieved 27 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Aregawi and Yehualaw crowned champions at the 2019 Great Ethiopian Run". Ethiopian Embassy London. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Women's Half Marathon" (PDF). 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. Dickinson, Marley (22 October 2021). "Yalemzerf Yehualaw's half marathon WR unratifiable due to course being short". RunningMagazine.ca. Retrieved 8 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Letesenbet Gidey takes world half-marathon record apart in Valencia". AW. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  6. Brennan, Eliott (27 February 2022). "Yehualaw shatters women's 10km world record". InsideTheGames. Retrieved 27 February 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "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.
  8. "Top list – Half Marathon | Women | World". World Athletics. 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  9. "Top list – Marathon | Women | World". World Athletics. 2022-04-24. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
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