Betlhem Desalegn
Emirati middle-distance runner
Betlhem Desalegn at the 2016 World Indoor Championships | |
Personal information | |
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Born | (1991-11-13) 13 November 1991 (age 32) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] |
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 1500 m, 5000 m |
Coached by | Jama Aden |
Betlhem Desalegn Belayneh (Amharic: ቤተልሄም ደሳለኝ በላይነህ; born 13 November 1991 in Addis Ababa) is an Ethiopian-born Emirati middle-distance runner.[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 1500 metres.
In 2017, Betlhem was banned for two years for the irregularities in her biological passport. In addition to the ban, all of her results between 6 March 2014 and 22 July 2016 were voided.[3]
Competition record
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 400 metres – 58.07 (Manama 2013)
- 800 metres – 2:06.81 (Sollentuna 2013) NR
- 1500 metres – 4:05.13 (Doha 2013)
- 3000 metres – 8:53.75 (Stockholm 2015)
- 5000 metres – 15:12.84 (Pune 2013)
- 3000 metres steeplechase – 9:53.19 (Stockholm 2014)
Indoor
- 1500 metres – 4:05.61 (Stockholm 2015)
- 3000 metres – 8:44.59 (Doha 2016)
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Betlhem Desalegn Belayneh". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2015-10-07.
- ^ Betlhem Desalegn at World Athletics
- ^ Etchells, Daniel (23 October 2017). "Athletics Integrity Unit welcomes CAS decision to give UAE runner Desalegn two-year doping ban". Inside the Games. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
External links
- Betlhem Desalegn at World Athletics
- Betlhem Desalegn at Diamond League
- Betlhem Desalegn at Olympedia
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Asian Athletics Champions in women's 1500 metres
- 1973: Miyako Inoue (JPN)
- 1975: Lee Chiu-hsia (TPE)
- 1979: Kim Ok-sun (PRK)
- 1981: Zhang Xiunen (CHN)
- 1983: Geng Xiuquan (CHN)
- 1985–87: Yang Liuxia (CHN)
- 1989: Khin Khin Htwe (MYA)
- 1991: Qu Yunxia (CHN)
- 1993: Yan Wei (CHN)
- 1995: Kumiko Okamoto (JPN)
- 1998: Liu Jing (CHN)
- 2000: Wu Qingdong (CHN)
- 2002–03: Tatyana Borisova (KGZ)
- 2005: Miho Sugimori (JPN)
- 2007: Sinimole Paulose (IND)
- 2009: Zhou Haiyan (CHN)
- 2011: Genzeb Shumi (BHR)
- 2013–15: Betlhem Desalegn (UAE)
- 2017–19: P. U. Chitra (IND)
- 2023: Nozomi Tanaka (JPN)
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