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Winfred Yavi
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Yavi at the ISTAF Berlin in 2019
Personal information
Full nameWinfred Mutile Yavi
Born (1999-12-31) December 31, 1999 (age 24)
Nairobi, Kenya
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
CountryBahrain
SportAthletics
Event3000 metres steeplechase
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Bahrain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 3000 m st.
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest 3000 m st.
Diamond League
First place 2023 3000 m st.
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta 3000 m st.
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou 3000 m st.
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha 3000 m st.
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Doha 1500 m
Military World Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Wuhan 3000 m st.
Silver medal – second place 2019 Wuhan 5000 m
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 3000 m st.
Arab Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cairo 3000 m st.
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cairo 5000 m
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tampere 3000 m st.
Representing Asia-Pacific
Continental Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Ostrava 3000 m st.

Winfred Mutile Yavi OLY[citation needed] (Arabic: وينفريد يافي, born 31 December 1999)[1] is a Kenyan-born Bahraini female athlete who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Currently the second fastest athlete in history at the distance with a personal best of 8:44.39, she won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, setting a new Olympic record. She won the gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.

Career

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Yavi hails from Ukia, Makueni County.[2] Born in Kenya, Winfred Yavi transferred her allegiance to Bahrain at the age of fifteen, becoming eligible to compete for her adopted nation in August 2016.[3] She competed in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2017 World Championships at the age of 17, and finished eighth in a personal best time of 9:22.67.[1] Yavi was the bronze medallist in her specialist event at the 2018 World Under-20 Championships.[4] She also improved her personal best significantly in 2018, running 9:10.74 at the Monaco Diamond League.

In 2019, Yavi won gold in both the 5000 m and 3000 m steeplechase, as well as a bronze in the 1500 m at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships.[5] She set a new personal best of 9:07.23 in finishing third at the Müller Grand Prix. She finished fourth in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2019 World Championships held in Doha.[6] She won a gold medal in the 3000 m steeplechase and a silver medal in the 5000 m at the World Military Games.[1]

Yavi ran a new personal best of 9:02.64 in finishing third at the 2021 Doha Diamond League.[7] She finished tenth in the final at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[8]

In 2022, Yavi ran her first sub-9 minute 3000 m steeplechase at the Prefontaine Classic, running a time of 8:58.71. She followed this up by winning the Paris Diamond League with a time of 8:56.55.[9] She finished fourth in the final at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene.[10]

The following year, Yavi won gold in her specialty event at the 2023 World Championships with a personal best time of 8:54.29.[11] She went onto win at the Zurich Diamond League,[12] and the Prefontaine Classic where she improved her personal best to 8:50.66, the second fastest time in history at the time.[13] Yavi ended her season by winning gold in both the 1500 m and 3000 m steeplechase at the Asian Games.[14][15]

In June 2024, Yavi set a new 5000 m personal best of 14:41.99 in Liège.[16] She won gold in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2024 Paris Olympics in an Olympic record time of 8:52.76.[17][18] She won at the Rome Diamond League in a time of 8:44.39, breaking her own national record by over 6 seconds and only missing out on the world record by 0.07 seconds.[19] Yavi went on to place second at the Diamond League final in Brussels, finishing behind Faith Cherotich.[20]

Statistics

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Yavi races her specialist event at the 2019 ISTAF Berlin meeting.

All information from World Athletics profile.[1]

Personal bests

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International competitions

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Representing  Bahrain
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 8th 3000 m s'chase 9:22.67 PB
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 3rd 3000 m s'chase 9:23.47
Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 1st 3000 m s'chase 9:36.52
Continental Cup Ostrava, Czech Republic 3rd 3000 m s'chase 9:17.86 [note 1]
2019 Arab Championships Cairo, Egypt 1st 5000 m 17:15.08
1st 3000 m s'chase 10:07.62
Asian Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd 1500 m 4:16.18 SB
1st 5000 m 15:28.87 PB
1st 3000 m s'chase 9:46.18 SB
World Championships Doha, Qatar 4th 3000 m s'chase 9:05.68 PB
Military World Games Wuhan, China 2nd 5000 m 15:15.93
1st 3000 m s'chase 9:19.24
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 10th 3000 m s'chase 9:19.74 [note 2]
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 4th 3000 m s'chase 9:01.31
Islamic Solidarity Games Konya, Turkey 1st 3000 m s'chase 9:34:57
2023 Arab Games Oran, Algeria 1st 3000 m s'chase 9:04.58
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 3000 m s'chase 8:54.29
Asian Games Hangzhou, China 1st 1500 m 4:11.65
1st 3000 m s'chase 9:18.28
2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 1st 3000 m s'chase 8:52.76 OR PB

Circuit wins

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3000 m steeplechase wins, other events specified in parentheses

Notes

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  1. ^ Representing Asia-Pacific.
  2. ^ In the heats Yavi ran 9:10.80.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Winfred Mutile YAVI – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ^ Anirudh (10 August 2024). "Why does Kenyan-born Winfred Yavi compete for Bahrain? Everything about the athlete who broke the women's 3000m steeplechase Olympic record in Paris". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  3. ^ "ELIGIBILITY - TRANSFER OF ALLEGIANCE (Transfers that have taken place from 25 April to 29 June 2016)". IAAF. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  4. ^ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  5. ^ Ramsak, Bob (23 April 2019). "Bahrain and China continue their dominance at Asian Championships in Doha". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  6. ^ Mulkeen, Jon (30 September 2019). "Report: women's 3000m steeplechase - IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Results - 3000m Steeplechase Women" (PDF). doha.diamondleague.com. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  9. ^ "5 Thoughts on Paris Diamond League – Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Still Has it, Winfred Yavi 8:56 Steeple". Letsrun.com. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Jeruto leads fast final, breaking championship record to win world steeplechase gold". World Athletics. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  11. ^ Turnbull, Simon (27 August 2023). "Yavi makes a splash with steeplechase gold in Budapest". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  12. ^ Goh, ZK (31 August 2023). "Zurich Diamond League 2023: World champions from Budapest 23 shine in Switzerland". olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  13. ^ Whittington, Jess (16 September 2023). "Ingebrigtsen and Yavi shine as records fall on day one of Diamond League Final". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  14. ^ "World champion Yavi takes charge in Hangzhou as Hadadi's long reign ends". France 24. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  15. ^ Omotto, Joel (3 October 2023). "Kenyan-born Bahraini Winfred Mutile Yavi bags handsome amount from winning two gold medals at Asian Games". Pulse Sports. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  16. ^ Almaskati, Hussain (21 June 2024). "Winfred Yavi breaks personal record in 5,000 metres". News of Bahrain. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  17. ^ de Villiers, Ockert (6 August 2024). "Paris 2024 athletics: Bahrain's Winfred Yavi races to Olympic record for women's 3,000m steeplechase gold". olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  18. ^ Satish, A.K.S (7 August 2024). "It's just the beginning, Bahrain's Winfred Yavi warns after steeplechase gold". Gulf News. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  19. ^ Henderson, Jason (31 August 2024). "Winfred Yavi and Ackera Nugent take barriers in their stride in Rome". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  20. ^ Chuma, Festus (14 September 2024). "Faith Cherotich stuns Olympics champion Winfred Yavi to claim steeplechase Diamond League title". Pulse Sports. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
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