![]() Aregawi at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zürich | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Ethiopian Swedish (since June 2012) |
Born | Adigrat, Ethiopia | 5 July 1990
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 800 metres, 1500 metres |
Club | none |
Retired | 2018[1] |
Medal record |
Abeba Aregawi Gebretsadik (Amharic: አበባ አረጋዊ; born 5 July 1990) is an Ethiopian-born Swedish retired middle-distance runner who specialised in the 1,500 metres. She won the silver medal in the 1,500 m at the 2012 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the World Championships in 2013. She represented Ethiopia internationally until December 2012, and afterwards represented Sweden.