Abeba Aregawi
Abeba Aregawi competing for Sweden in 2013
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| Nationality |
Ethiopian Swedish (since June 2012) |
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5 July 1990 Adigrat, Ethiopia |
| Residence | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
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| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 1500 metres |
| Club | None |
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Abeba Aregawi Gebretsadik (Amharic:አበባ አረጋዊ ;born 5 July 1990) is an Ethiopian-born middle-distance runner, currently representing Sweden internationally, who specialises in the 1500 metres. Her personal best for the event is 3:56.54. Aregawi is the current world champion over 1500 metres.
Abeba was born in Adigrat, Ethiopia, and holds both Swedish and Ethiopian citizenships. She represented her birth country in middle-distance until December 2012. Abeba was married to an Ethiopian man with Swedish citizenship and allegedly lived in 2009-2012. She is now remarried to Yemane Tsegay and lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She represented the Stockholm-based club Hammarby IF to januari 2016 (http://www.hammarbyfriidrott.se/Arkiv/Nyhetsarkiv/Aretsnyheter/HammarbyIFFriidrottavslutarsamarbetetmedAbebaAregawi). She was naturalized as a Swedish citizen in the summer of 2012, and has represented Sweden in international competition since December 2012.
Abeba emerged as an 800 metres runner in 2009 by winning the Ethiopian title in the event ahead of three-time champion Mestawet Tadesse. She competed at a number of European meets after this then set a personal best of 2:01.98 minutes in Tangiers. Her season culminated in an 800 m bronze medal at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships, where she finished behind Caster Semenya.
She switched to the 1500 metres in the 2010 season and enjoyed success with wins at the Sollentuna Grand Prix and KBC Night of Athletics meetings, setting a personal best of 4:01.96 minutes at the latter race. She also ran on the 2010 Diamond League circuit for the first time, coming fourth at the DN Galan and seventh at the Weltklasse Zurich.
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