Aleshign Baweke
Ethiopian athlete (born 2006)
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Aleshign Baweke (born 23 January 2006) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won a gold medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the 3000 metres.[1]
5000m 14:18.54 (Rome, 2026)
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| Born | 23 January 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Long distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 3000m 8:26.29 (Liéven, 2026) 5000m 14:18.54 (Rome, 2026) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
She won a gold medal in Lima, Peru at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the 3000 metres, in August 2024.[2][3][4]
She competed in the 2025 Diamond League, running a personal best 8:32.88 in the 3000 metres at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, in May 2025.[5] She finished eighth over 5000 metres at the 2025 Golden Gala in Rome on 6 June 2025 in a personal best 14:27.33.[6] She placed seventh over 5000 metres at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July.[7] She was third over 3000 metres at the 2025 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, in Poland, with a run of 8:35.51 to finish behind Likina Amebaw and Faith Kipyegon.[8] She was third over 5000 metres in the 2025 Diamond League at the 2025 Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium.[9] She placed fifth over 3000 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.[10] She was provisionally named as a reserve for the Ethiopian team for the 5000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, but did not race.[11]
In January 2026, she was selected for the senior Ethiopian team to race at the 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee , placing fifth in the individual race and winning the gold medal in the team event, with Senayet Getachew, Asayech Ayichew and Alem Tsadik.[12][13] The following month, she ran 8:26.29 for the 3000 metres in Liévin, France finishing runner-up to compatriot Freweyni Hailu.[14] She placed fourth over 3000 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, in March 2026.[15]
On 4 June, she lowered her 5000 metres personal best to 14:18.54 finishing runner-up to compatriot Likina Amebaw at the 2026 Golden Gala in Rome.[16]
