In this Ethiopian name, the name Tsegay is a patronymic, and the person should be referred by the given name, Gudaf.
Gudaf Tsegay
Tsegay at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade
Personal information
Full name
Gudaf Tsegay Desta
Nationality
Ethiopian
Born
(1997-01-23) 23 January 1997 (age 27)
Height
1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight
50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Country
Ethiopia
Sport
Athletics
Event(s)
Middle-, Long-distance running
Coached by
Hiluf Yihdego
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking
1st (5,000m, 2023)[1]
Personal bests
1500 m: 3:50.30 (Xiamen 2024)
5000 m: 14:00.21 WR (Eugene 2023)
10,000 m: 29:29.73 (Nerja 2023)
Indoors
800 m: 1:57.52i NR (Val-de-Reuil 2021)
1500 m: 3:53.09i WR (Liévin 2021)
3000 m: 8:16.69i (Birmingham 2023)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Ethiopia
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo
5000 m
World Championships
2022 Eugene
5000 m
2023 Budapest
10,000 m
2022 Eugene
1500 m
2019 Doha
1500 m
World Indoor Championships
2022 Belgrade
1500 m
2024 Glasgow
3000 m
2016 Portland
1500 m
Diamond League
2023
5000 m
World Junior Championships
2014 Eugene
1500 m
Gudaf Tsegay Desta (Amharic: ጉዳፉ ፀጋይ ደስታ; born 23 June 1997)[2] is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner.[3] She is the current women’s world record holder for 5,000 m (14:00.21), set at the 2023 final Diamond League event, the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon. Eugene is also where she won the World Athletics Championships on 5,000 m in 2022. At the World Athletics Championships, Tsegay also won the gold medal for 10,000 metres in 2023; a bronze for the 1,500 metres in 2019, and silver in 2022. She is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist in the women's 5,000 metres. She is a two-time World Indoor Championship 1,500 m medallist, claiming bronze in 2016 and gold in 2022. She is also the world indoor record holder for the 1,500 m, setting previously in this event world under-18 (current) and U20 (former) records.
At age 16, Tsegay represented Ethiopia in the 1500 m at the 2014 World Indoor Championships. That same year, the 17-year-old won the silver medal in the discipline at the World U20 Championships. She is a versatile runner. As of Sept 2023, she was the world's 10th fastest woman in the indoor 800 metres, first in the 5,000 m and fourth in the 10,000 metres.[4]
^"Gudaf TSEGAY – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^Bloom, Ben (9 February 2021). "Laura Muir sets new 1500m British indoor mark but Gudaf Tsegay triumphs in world record time". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
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GudafTsegay Desta (Amharic: ጉዳፉ ፀጋይ ደስታ; born 23 June 1997) is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. She is the current women’s world record...
5000-metre run, are held by Joshua Cheptegei with 12:35.36 for men and GudafTsegay with 14:00.21 for women. The first world record in the men's 5000 m was...
and GudafTsegay separated from the field as the only chasers. Between 800 and 1000 metres, Lyakhova strained to keep on pace, but Hassan and Tsegay were...
list of other times equal or superior to 3:59.79 (top 25 performances) GudafTsegay also ran 3:54.77 (2022), 3:57.19 (2022), 3:57.38 (2022), 3:57.47 (2023)...
time of 3:54.22. Sifan Hassan came first in 3:51.95 while third-placed GudafTsegay set a personal best of 3:54.38. In 2020, she competed at the Diamond...
Muir also ran 4:20.15 (2023). Josette Andrews also ran 4:20.88 (2023). GudafTsegay also ran 4:21.72 (2022). Konstanze Klosterhalfen also ran 4:22.59 (2022)...
5000 metres". alltime-athletics.com. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-23. "Tsegay smashes world 5000m record and Duplantis breaks world pole vault record...
March 2024. Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 8:30.76: Gudaf Tsega also ran 8:17.11 (2024), 8:21.13 (2024), 8:22.65 (2021). Genzebe Dibaba...
2022-06-10. Retrieved 2022-06-17. "Diamond League Final in Eugene 2023: GudafTsegay obliterates women's 5000m record at Prefontaine Classic". olympics.com...
was one of the pioneer Ethiopian doctor, economist, and intellectual. GudafTsegay – athlete, 5,000 and 10,000 world champion, current world record holder...
four fastest women in the world that year (Shelby Houlihan, Hassan and GudafTsegay). In February, Muir broke the 31-year-old British indoor mile record...
in a time of 14:38.36, finishing behind only Hassan who ran 14:36.79; GudafTsegay took bronze in 14:38.87. Obiri placed fourth in the 10,000 m final in...
medal for the closely-run 5000 m race with a time of 14:46.75 behind GudafTsegay in 14:46.29 and ahead of Dawit Seyaum (14:47.36). Chebet trains in Londiani...
Marileidy Paulino Dominican Republic 2 September 2023 2023 1500 m 3:50.30 GudafTsegay Ethiopia 20 April 2024 2024 3000 m 8:24.05 Beatrice Chebet Kenya 2...
12 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023. "2021 Ethiopian Olympic Trials: GudafTsegay (14:13) & Getnet Wale (12:53) Among Six World-Leading Times as New Stars...
17 in Glasgow". World Athletics. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024. "Tsegay breaks world indoor 1500m record in Liévin with 3:53.09". World Athletics...
69 3000 metres details Elle St. Pierre United States 8:20.87 CR, AR GudafTsegay Ethiopia 8:21.13 Beatrice Chepkoech Kenya 8:22.68 NR 60 metres hurdles...
World U20 10,000m title". July 10, 2018. "2021 Ethiopian Olympic Trials: GudafTsegay (14:13) & Getnet Wale (12:53) Among Six World-Leading Times as New Stars...
falters in dramatic World Cross finish". AW. Retrieved 18 February 2023. "Tsegay wins dramatic 10,000m final as Hassan falls in Budapest | News | Budapest...
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