Dawit Seyaum

Dawit Seyaum Biratu (born 27 July 1996)[1] is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. She placed fourth at the 2015 World Championships and took a silver medal at the 2016 World Indoor Championships.

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by their given name, Dawit, and not as Seyaum.
Dawit Seyaum
Dawit at the 2016 World Indoor Championships
Personal information
Full nameDawit Seyaum Biratu
NationalityEthiopian
Born (1996-07-27) 27 July 1996
Sport
CountryEthiopia
SportAthletics
Event(s)1500 metres
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
World Indoor Championships
2016 Portland1500 m
African Games
2015 Brazzaville1500 m
African Championships
2014 Marrakech1500 m
World Junior Championships
2014 Eugene1500 m
World Youth Championships
2013 Donetsk1500 m

Dawit was the 2013 World Youth Championships silver medallist, and 2014 World Junior champion.

Career

Dawit Seyaum made her first impact at national level in 2013, winning the 1500 m national junior title.[2] Her debut on the IAAF Diamond League circuit followed shortly after, and she set a personal best of 4:14.95 minutes at the Doha Diamond League meet.[3] She was selected for her international debut at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics and was runner-up to Tigist Gashaw – the first time Ethiopia took the top two spots in that event.[4] She reversed this placing at the 2013 African Junior Championships, taking the title with a best of 4:09.00 minutes several seconds ahead of Tigist.[5]

She won her first indoor competition in Prague in February 2014, running a time of 4:09.08 minutes.[6] At the Rabat Meeting she established herself among the world's top 1500 m runners with a win in 3:59.53 minutes – an Ethiopian junior record and meeting record which ranked her seventh in the global rankings that year.[7][8] She was near four minutes again at the New York Diamond League, where she finished as runner-up.[3]

She entered the 2014 World Junior Championships as favourite and delivered on this by winning the gold medal, going unchallenged throughout the final lap.[9] Her first senior medal followed at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics, where she was the silver medallist behind the more experienced Hellen Obiri.[10] Dawit was chosen for the Africa team for the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup and finished with the bronze medal behind Sifan Hassan and Shannon Rowbury.[11]

In 2015, Dawit secured in the 1500m a gold at the 2015 African Junior Championships, placed fourth at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing (behind Genzebe Dibaba, Faith Kipyegon and Sifan Hassan), and won the event at the African Games in Brazzaville.

The next year, she won the World Indoor Championship silver in Portland, and placed eight in the final of the 2016 Rio Olympics.

The 2018 World Indoor Championships held in Birmingham were unsuccessful for her as she was eliminated in the heats.

In February 2022, Dawit set a world-leading time of 8:23.24 for the indoor 3000 metres at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais in Liévin, becoming the third-fastest woman in this indoor event in history (only her compatriots Dibaba and Gudaf Tsegay ran faster).[12] She finished fifth at the event in 8:44.55 at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade the next month.

Personal bests
Road

International competitions
Representing  Ethiopia
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 2nd 1500 m 4:15.51
African Junior Championships Bambous, Mauritius 1st 1500 m 4:09.00
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, United States 1st 1500 m 4:09.86
African Championships Marrakech, Morocco 2nd 1500 m 4:10.92
Continental Cup Marrakech, Morocco 3rd 1500 m 4:07.61
2015 African Junior Championships Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1st 1500 m 4:15.94
World Championships Beijing, China 4th 1500 m 4:10.26
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 1st 1500 m 4:16.69
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 2nd 1500 m i 4:05.30
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8th 1500 m 4:13.14
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 14th (h) 1500 m i 4:10.20
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 5th 3000 m i 8:44.55

References
  1. "Dawit SEYAUM – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. Negash, Elshadai (2013-03-17). Teferi and Mola make their mark at Ethiopian Junior Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  3. Dawit Seyaum. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  4. Gashaw leads Ethiopian 1-2 in 1500m. IAAF (2013-07-13). Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  5. Ethiopian and Nigerian athletes impress at African Junior Champs. IAAF (2013-09-01). Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  6. Minshull, Phil (2014-02-25). Ukhov's stock continues to rise as the Russian jumps 2.42m in Prague". IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  7. Mulkeen, Jon (2014-06-08). Bondarenko breaks African all-comers' record in Marrakesh. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  8. 1500 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  9. Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2014-07-27). Report: women's 1500m – IAAF World Junior Championships, Oregon 2014. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  10. Mulkeen, Jon (2014-08-12). Redemption for Makwala at African Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  11. Ramsak, Bob (2014-09-14). Report: women's 1500m – IAAF Continental Cup, Marrakech 2014". IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-11-08.
  12. "2022 Lievin Recap: Jacobs & Holloway Keep Rolling, Seyaum & Girma Win Fast 3K's". LetsRun.com. 2022-02-17. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
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