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Winfred Mutile Yavi (Arabic:
وينفريد يافي, born 31 December 1999) is a Kenyan-born Bahraini female athlete who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Currently the second fastest athlete in history at the distance with a personal best of 8:44.39, she won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, setting a new Olympic record. Yavi hails from Ukia, Makueni County. She won the gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships beating Beatrice Chepkoech of Kenya and finished fourth at both the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships. Yavi won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games. She took bronze in the 1500 metres, gold in the 5000 metres and gold for the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships.
Yavi was the bronze medallist in her specialist event at the 2018 World Under-20 Championships.
Career
Born in Kenya, Winfred Yavi transferred her allegiance to Bahrain at the age of fifteen, becoming eligible to compete for her adopted nation in August 2016. She competed in the 2017 World Championships in Athletics at the age of 17, and finished eighth in the steeplechase final in a personal best time of 9:22.67.
Statistics
All information from World Athletics profile.
= Personal bests
=1500 metres – 4:05.54 (Nairobi 2022)
3000 metres – 9:10.5h (Embu 2016)
3000 metres indoor – 8:39.64 (Val-de-Reuil 2020) Asian record
2000 metres steeplechase – 5:56.83 (Berlin 2019) AB
2000 metres steeplechase indoor – 5:45.09 (Liévin 2021) AB
3000 metres steeplechase – 8:44.39 AR (Rome 2024)
= International competitions
== Circuit wins
=Diamond League
3000 m steeplechase wins, other events specified in parentheses
2022: Paris Meeting (WL PB)
2023: Doha Diamond League (WL)
Notes
References
External links
Winfred Yavi at World Athletics
Winfred Yavi at Diamond League
Winfred Yavi at Olympics.com
Winfred Yavi at Olympedia
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bahrain pada Olimpiade Musim Panas 2024
- Atletik pada Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018
- Atletik pada Olimpiade Musim Panas 2024
- Winfred Yavi
- 3000 metres steeplechase
- Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
- 2024 Diamond League
- Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- World and Olympic records set at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 2024 World Athletics Rankings
- Steeplechase at the Olympics
- Kamba people
- List of Olympic records in athletics
