Zeineba Yimer

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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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/african-games-2019-rabat-gemechu-brume|title=Gemechu leads Ethiopian 10,000m sweep at African Games|date=29 August 2019|work=World Athletics – News|access-date=27 December 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/resJA2019/pdf/JA2019/AT/JA2019_AT_C99_AT0000000.pdf |title=2019 African Games – Athletics – Results Book |access-date=7 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901063534/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/resJA2019/pdf/JA2019/AT/JA2019_AT_C99_AT0000000.pdf |archive-date=1 September 2019 |url-status=dead }}

Career

In 2017, Zeineba Yimer won the Great Ethiopian Run held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.{{Cite news|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/ethiopian-half-marathon-championships-2018-mo|title=Molla and Yimer win Ethiopian Half Marathon titles|date=28 January 2018|work=World Athletics – News|access-date=27 December 2019}}

She finished in fifth place at the 2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Valencia, Spain.{{Cite web|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6023/AT-HMAR-W-f----.RS6.pdf|title=2018 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships - Half Marathon Women Results|website=IAAF|access-date=27 December 2019}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Women's Half Marathon|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138821/AT-HMAR-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=1284936714|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017111945/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138821/AT-HMAR-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=1284936714|archive-date=17 October 2020|access-date=17 October 2020|website=2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships}}

Yimer competed in the women's marathon at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.{{Cite web|title=Athletics - YIMER Zeineba|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1352028-yimer-zeineba.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-08-09|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-date=2021-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809010529/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1352028-yimer-zeineba.htm}}