About Zeineba Yimer
Born 1998. Zeineba Yimer is an Ethiopian long-distance runner and athletics competitor.
Zeineba Yimer (born 17 June 1998) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She represented Ethiopia at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco and won the silver medal in the women's 10,000 metres event.
Career In 2017, Zeineba Yimer won the Great Ethiopian Run held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
She finished in fifth place at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Valencia, Spain. In the team event Yimer, Netsanet Gudeta and Meseret Belete won the gold medal with a combined time of 3:22:27. In 2020, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.
Yimer competed in the women's marathon at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Who is Zeineba Yimer?
Ethiopian long distance runner
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Zeineba Yimer was born on 17 June 1998.
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Zeineba Yimer is a long-distance runner and athletics competitor.
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Zeineba Yimer is Ethiopian.
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