Abeba Aregawi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Abeba Aregawi
Occupation	Middle-Distance Runner
Date Of Birth	Jul 5, 1990(1990-07-05)
Age	34
Birthplace	Adigrat
Country	Ethiopia
Horoscope	Leo

Abeba Aregawi Biography

Abeba Aregawi is one of the most popular and richest Middle-Distance Runner who was born on July 5, 1990 in Adigrat, Ethiopia. Abeba Aregawi Gebretsadik (Amharic:አበባ አረጋዊ ;born 5 July 1990) is an Ethiopian-born middle-distance runner from Tigray, who specialised in the 1500 metres. Her personal best for the event is 3:56.54. Aregawi is the 2013 world champion over 1500 metres. She represented Ethiopia and Sweden internationally.

On February 29, 2016, the Swedish Athletics Federation stated that Abeba had tested positive for the substance (meldonium) in January 2016. She was provisionally suspended from competing the same day. In July 2016, the Swedish Doping Commission lifted her suspension due to insufficient evidence on how long the drug – which was prohibited only January 2016 – takes to be excreted from the body.

Abeba was born in Adigrat, Ethiopia, and holds both Swedish and Ethiopian citizenships. She represented her birth country in middle-distance until December 2012. Abeba was married to an Ethiopian man with Swedish citizenship and lived in Stockholm from 2009 to 2012. She is now remarried to Yemane Tsegay and lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She represented the Stockholm-based club Hammarby IF to January 2016. She was naturalized as a Swedish citizen in the summer of 2012, and has represented Sweden in international competition since December 2012.

Abeba Aregawi Net Worth

Abeba Aregawi is one of the richest Middle-Distance Runner from Ethiopia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Abeba Aregawi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Abeba emerged as an 800 metres runner in 2009 by winning the Ethiopian title in the event ahead of three-time champion Mestawet Tadesse. She competed at a number of European meets after this then set a personal best of 2:01.98 minutes in Tangiers. Her season culminated in an 800 m bronze medal at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships, where she finished behind Caster Semenya.

Abeba had a strong indoor season in 2011, with four straight wins in Düsseldorf, Gent, Birmingham and Stockholm, including a personal best run of 4:01.47 minutes. However, she only made one appearance outdoors as her season was stopped due to injury.

She was officially struck from the list of active by the Swedish Athletics Association on 28 November 2018.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Abeba Aregawi height 5 ft 7 in Abeba weight 115  lbs & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Abeba Aregawi Dating?

According to our records, Abeba Aregawi married to Henok Weldegebriel Tsigab , Yemane Tsegay. As of December 1, 2023, Abeba Aregawi’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Abeba Ranked on the list of most popular Middle-Distance Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ethiopia. Abeba Aregawi celebrates birthday on July 5 of every year.