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Letesenbet Gidey

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Born
1998 (26 years old)

Birth Place
Endameskel, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

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Long Distance Runner

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1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)

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50 kg (110 lb)

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Ethiopia Athletics

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World Athletics Indoor Championships

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Womens 10000 metres Final 07 Aug 21

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Letesenbet Gidey (Tigrinya: ለተሰንበት ግደይ, born 20 March 1998) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Letesenbet holds the current world records for the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, which she set in October 2020 and June 2021, respectively. She is the first woman since Ingrid Kristiansen to hold them both simultaneously. She also holds the world record in the 15K run.


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Olympics Bronze
2020

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