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| Full name | Tsiyon Temesgen Abebe Tsion Abebe | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Ethiopia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 August 2006 (18 years, 124 days old) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 3000 metres 5000 metres | ||||||||||||||
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Tsiyon Temesgen Abebe (born 17 August 2006), also spelled Tsion Abebe, is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. She was the silver medalist in the 3000 m at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships.
Biography
On 10 March 2022, Abebe won the Ethiopian U20 Championships in the 3000 m. Her time of 9:09.5 was both a U20 and U18 world lead. In August 2022, Abebe competed in the 3000 m at the World U20 Championships. Ethiopia entered three runners – Abebe, Medina Eisa, and Bertukan Welde – but as only two were permitted to compete, Eisa did not start the race and Abebe and Welde ran in her place.
In the race, Kenya's Betty Chelangat battled with Abebe for most of the race and only took the lead in the final stages, winning in a time of 9:01 with Abebe taking the silver medal. Abebe, just 15 years old at the time, was four years younger than most of her competitors at the U20 championships. Abebe said after the race,
This is the first time I've gotten to represent my country. Of course, I wanted to get gold, which didn't work out, but I am incredibly happy.
In October 2022, Abebe ran at the World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold event in Bydgoszcz. After covering the opening 2 km in 7:12, she stayed with the lead pack as it decreased from 10 runners to five to three – Lucy Mawia, Abebe, and Maureen Cherotich. Abebe finished second overall behind Mawia.
Statistics
Personal bests
| Event | Mark | Place | Competition | Venue | Date | Ref |
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| 3000 metres | 8:44.82 | 6th | Rabat Diamond League | Rabat, Morocco | 5 June 2022 | |
| 5000 metres | 15:07.45 | 12th | Stockholm Diamond League | Stockholm, Sweden | 2 July 2023 |
References
- ^ Tsiyon Abebe at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- "Busy First Day Of Competition Includes East African Sweep Of Women's 3,000, Men's 5,000". RunnerSpace.
- "Betty Chelangat wins Kenya's first gold medal at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships". The Standard.
- "Mawia and Kibet triumphant in Bydgoszcz". World Athletics.