Letesenbet Gidey (26 years old) and Gudaf Tsegay (27 years old) are currently the spearheads of Ethiopian women’s athletics. They are specialists in long-distance running.
Letesenbet Gidey is the 10 000m world champion in 2022 in Eugene, the 10 000m world vice-champion in 2019 in Doha, and the bronze medalist in the same event at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. She is the current holder of the 10 000m world record (29’01’’03 in 2021) and the half-marathon world record (1 h 2 min 52 s in 2021). She held the world record in the 5 000 m from 2020 to 2023.
Gudaf Tsegay is the 5000 m world champion in 2022 in Eugene, and the 1500 m indoor world champion in 2022 in Belgrade, she holds the 1500 m indoor world record in 3’53’’09 since 2021 and the 5000 m world record in 14’00’’21 since 2023.
