Abeba Aregawi

Track and field athlete, Olympic athlete

1990 –

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Who is Abeba Aregawi?

Abeba Aregawi Gebretsadik 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 has lived in Stockholm 2009-2012. She is now remarried to Yemane Tsegay and lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She represents the Stockholm-based club Hammarby IF. She was naturalized as a Swedish citizen in the summer of 2012, and has represented Sweden in international competition since December 2012.

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Born
Jul 5, 1990
Tigray
Nationality
  • Ethiopia
  • Sweden
Profession
Lived in
  • Adigrat

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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