Aleshign Baweke

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.

Biography She won a gold medal in Lima, Peru at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the 3000 metres, in August 2024.

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. She finished eighth over 5000 metres at the 2025 Golden Gala in Rome on 6 June 2025 in a personal best 14:27.33. She placed seventh over 5000 metres at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July. 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. She was third over 5000 metres in the 2025 Diamond League at the 2025 Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium. She placed fifth over 3000 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August. 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.

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. The following month, she ran 8:26.29 for the 3000 metres in Liévin, France finishing runner-up to compatriot Freweyni Hailu. She placed fourth over 3000 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, in March 2026.

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. On 4 July, Baweke won the two mile race at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic in 9:20.02. On 10 July, she ran a personal best 8:23.81 for 3000 metres at the 2026 Herculis Diamond League event in Monaco. On 23 August, she placed fifth over 5000 m in the Diamond League at the 2026 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Silesia, Poland.