Sintayehu Vissa

Sintayehu Vissa (born 29 July 1996) is an Ethiopian-born Italian professional middle-distance runner. She represented Italy at 2023 & 2022 World Athletics Championships competing in the women's 1500 metres.

On 28 January 2023, she broke by 0.19 s Gabriella Dorio's 41-year-old Italian indoor mile record with a time of 4:28.71 at the NYRR Dr Sander Invitational in Fort Washington Avenue Armory. Vissa smashed her own record a few weeks later, running 4:24.54 at the Millrose Games in New York for sixth place.

Sintayehu Vissa ran an Italian outdoor 1500 metres record with a time of 3:58.11 at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games where she placed 16th.

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NCAA As a Saint Leo Lions, Sintayehu Vissa earned 2019 All-Conference Sunshine State Conference Cross Country honors at the Sunshine State Championships during her first year in the United States from her hometown of Bertiolo, Italy.

She was a 2020 NCAA Division II USTFCCCA 800 metres All-American.

Vissa was a 1500 m champion at 2022 NCAA Division I T&F Championships and earned 5 NCAA Division I U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-American awards, 1 NCAA Division II U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-American award and 3 Southeastern Conference Championship titles as an Ole Miss Rebels. She ran a 4:04.64 1500 m in Castellón in June, the No. 4 time ever on the USTFCCCA all-time list.

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