This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by her given name, Letesenbet, and not as Gidey.
Letesenbet Gidey
Letesenbet at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene
Personal information
Born
(1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 (age 26) Endameskel, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Height
1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight
50 kg (110 lb)[1]
Sport
Country
Ethiopia
Sport
Athletics
Event(s)
Track, road and cross-country long-distance running
Team
NN Running Team
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
2021 Tokyo
10,000 m, Bronze
World finals
2017 London
5000 m, 11th
2019 Doha
10,000 m, Silver
2022 Eugene
5000 m, 5th
10,000 m, Gold
2023 Budapest
10,000 m, Silver
Highest world ranking
1st (10,000 m, 2023)[2]
Personal bests
3000 m: 8:20.27 (Palo Alto 2019)
5000 m: 14:06.62 NR (Valencia 2020)
10,000 m: 29:01.03 WR (Hengelo 2021)
Road
10 km: 33:55 (Bengaluru 2019)
15 km: 44:20 WB (Nijmegen 2019)
Half marathon: 1:02:52 WR (Valencia 2021)
Marathon: 2:16:49 (Valencia 2022)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Ethiopia
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo
10,000 m
World Championships
2022 Eugene
10,000 m
2019 Doha
10,000 m
2023 Budapest
10,000 m
World Cross Country Championships
2015 Guiyang
Junior race
2015 Guiyang
Junior team
2017 Kampala
Junior race
2017 Kampala
Junior team
2019 Aarhus
Senior team
2019 Aarhus
Senior race
World Marathon Majors
2023 New York
Marathon
Letesenbet Gidey (Tigrinya: ለተሰንበት ግደይ, born 20 March 1998)[3] is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who holds 3 world records. In the 10,000 metres, she is the 2020 Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist, 2019 World silver medallist, and 2022 World champion.
Letesenbet holds the current world records for the 10,000 metres and half marathon, which she set in June 2021 and October 2021, respectively. She is only the second athlete, after Ingrid Kristiansen from 1989–1991, to hold the two world records simultaneously.[4] Her record in the half marathon, making Letesenbet the first debutante to set a world record in the event, broke the previous mark by more than a minute.[5][6] She also holds the world best in the 15 km road race, which was also an over one-minute improvement. Letesenbet became the first woman to break the 64 and 63-minute barriers in the half marathon and the 45-minute barrier in the 15 km. She recorded the fastest women's marathon debut in history at the 2022 Valencia Marathon, placing her seventh on the respective world all-time list.
At age 17, Letesenbet won the junior race at the 2015 World Cross Country Championships. She retained the title in 2017 to take a bronze medal in the senior race in 2019.
^ ab"Doha 2019 – Team Ethiopia Magazine – Special Edition" (PDF). Ethiopian Athletics Federation. Ethiopian Athletics Federation. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^"World Rankings | Women's 10,000m (10km)".
^"Letesenbet GIDEY – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^Gault, Jonathan (30 November 2022). "What to Expect from Letesenbet Gidey's Historic Marathon Debut in Valencia". LetsRun.com. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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LetesenbetGidey (Tigrinya: ለተሰንበት ግደይ, born 20 March 1998) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who holds 3 world records. In the 10,000 metres, she is...
Gidey is an Ethiopian surname. Notable people with the surname include: LetesenbetGidey (born 1998), Ethiopian long-distance runner Tesfay Gidey Hailemichael...
Gezahegne and LetesenbetGidey. At the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Obiri came second in the 10,000 m. She was beaten to gold by Gidey in a close...
during the Lisbon Half Marathon. The women's record is 1:02:52, set by LetesenbetGidey on 24 October 2021, at the Valencia Half Marathon. The previous record...
Kenenisa Bekele, Joshua Cheptegei and multiple world record holder LetesenbetGidey. Since its inception, members of the team achieved (as of March 2022):...
in 9:29.69. The front runner reached the halfway point in 15:32.70. LetesenbetGidey finished in 30:21.23, with Agnes Tirop (Kenya) coming in third place...
Uganda who ran a time of 41:05. The women's world best is held by LetesenbetGidey of Ethiopia who ran a time of 44:20. Between 1985 and 1991, the IAAF...
Valencia". World Athletics. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024. "LetesenbetGidey breaks 2-day-old world record in 10,000m". NBC Sports. 8 June 2021...
2:40:13 in Gqeberha". World Athletics. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022. "Gidey smashes world half marathon record in Valencia". World Athletics. 24 October...
260.28 Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 30:14: LetesenbetGidey also ran 29:44+ (2019), 29:45+ (2021). Yalemzerf Yehualaw also ran...
(outdoor track) world record holder until 2020 when her compatriot LetesenbetGidey set a new world record. She is nicknamed the "baby-faced destroyer...
Cheptegei from 2018 and the current women's course record is 44:20 by LetesenbetGidey from 2019, both of which are also world best performances. The inaugural...
records in a week after breaking exactly seven days later, on 9 June, LetesenbetGidey's 5000 metres world standard of 14:06.62 set in 2020. Faith's second...
songs through his albums to the non-Tigrinya speaking Ethiopians. LetesenbetGidey - athlete, 10,000 meters world champion and multiple medalist, holds...
field athlete Abigail Cowen, American actress and model March 20 – LetesenbetGidey, Ethiopian long-distance runner March 22 – Paola Andino, Puerto-Rican-American...
The Women's Field Is Historically Great] letsrun.com Kamworor vs Chebet, Gidey added to field for New York City Marathon worldathletics.org Remembering...
beats LetesenbetGidey – and mother Liz's time - as she sets Scottish 10,000m best". BBC Sport. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022. "LetesenbetGidey Gets...
org. Retrieved 2023-06-09. Phil Minshull (7 October 2020). "Cheptegei and Gidey break world records in Valencia". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 2020-10-13...
14 August 2020. "Joshua Cheptegei smashes 10,000m world record as LetesenbetGidey sets new women's 5,000m best". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 October 2020...
trolls". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 June 2020. Eilish McColgan beats LetesenbetGidey - and mother Liz's time - as she sets Scottish 10,000m best, BBC, 6...
as Alamirew beats Gebrselassie". IAAF. Retrieved 18 October 2013. "LetesenbetGidey Breaks Sifan Hassan's 2-Day Old 10,000 World Record, Runs 29:01.03...
from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016. "LetesenbetGidey Breaks Sifan Hassan's 2-Day Old 10,000 World Record, Runs 29:01.03...
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