Zeineba Yimer

Zeineba Yimer

Personal information
Nationality	Ethiopian
Born	(1998-06-17) 17 June 1998
Sport
Country	Ethiopia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long-distance running
Team	NN Running Team
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Ethiopia African Games 2019 Rabat 10,000 m World Half Marathon Championships 2018 Valencia Team

Zeineba Yimer (born 17 June 1998) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She represented Ethiopia at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco and won the silver medal in the women's 10,000 metres event.

Career

In 2017, Zeineba Yimer won the Great Ethiopian Run held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

She finished in fifth place at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Valencia, Spain. In the team event Yimer, Netsanet Gudeta and Meseret Belete won the gold medal with a combined time of 3:22:27. In 2020, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.

Yimer competed in the women's marathon at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Achievements

Representing Ethiopia

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2017	Great Ethiopian Run	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	1st	10,000 m	32:30
2018	World Half Marathon Championships	Valencia, Spain	5th	Half marathon	1:08:07
			1st	Half marathon	3:22:27
2019	African Games	Rabat, Morocco	2nd	10,000 m	31:57.95
2020	World Half Marathon Championships	Gdynia, Poland	4th	Half marathon	1:05:39
2021	Olympic Games	Sapporo, Japan	–	Marathon	DNF