Winfred Yavi

Winfred Yavi

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Yavi at the ISTAF Berlin in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Winfred Mutile Yavi
Born	(1999-12-31) December 31, 1999 Nairobi, Kenya
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Country	Bahrain
Sport	Athletics
Event	3000 metres steeplechase
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Bahrain Olympic Games 2024 Paris 3000 m st. World Championships 2023 Budapest 3000 m st. Diamond League 2023 3000 m st. Asian Games 2018 Jakarta 3000 m st. 2022 Hangzhou 1500 m 2022 Hangzhou 3000 m st. Asian Championships 2019 Doha 5000 m 2019 Doha 3000 m st. 2019 Doha 1500 m Military World Games 2019 Wuhan 3000 m st. 2019 Wuhan 5000 m Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya 1500 m 2021 Konya 3000 m st. Arab Championships 2019 Cairo 3000 m st. 2019 Cairo 5000 m World U20 Championships 2018 Tampere 3000 m st. Representing Asia-Pacific Continental Cup 2018 Ostrava 3000 m st.

Winfred Mutile Yavi OLY (Arabic: وينفريد يافي, born 31 December 1999) is a Kenyan-born Bahraini female athlete who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Currently the second fastest athlete in history at the distance with a personal best of 8:44.39, she won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, setting a new Olympic record. Yavi hails from Ukia, Makueni County. She won the gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships beating Beatrice Chepkoech of Kenya and finished fourth at both the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships. Yavi won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games. She took bronze in the 1500 metres, gold in the 5000 metres and gold for the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships.

Yavi was the bronze medallist in her specialist event at the 2018 World Under-20 Championships.

Career

Born in Kenya, Winfred Yavi transferred her allegiance to Bahrain at the age of fifteen, becoming eligible to compete for her adopted nation in August 2016. She competed in the 2017 World Championships in Athletics at the age of 17, and finished eighth in the steeplechase final in a personal best time of 9:22.67.

Statistics

Yavi races her specialist event at the 2019 ISTAF Berlin meeting.

All information from World Athletics profile.

Personal bests

• 1500 metres – 4:05.54 (Nairobi 2022)
• 3000 metres – 9:10.5h (Embu 2016)
  • 3000 metres indoor – 8:39.64 (Val-de-Reuil 2020) Asian record
• 2000 metres steeplechase – 5:56.83 (Berlin 2019) AB
  • 2000 metres steeplechase indoor – 5:45.09 (Liévin 2021) AB
• 3000 metres steeplechase – 8:44.39 AR (Rome 2024)

International competitions

Representing Bahrain

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	8th	3000 m s'chase	9:22.67	PB
2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	3rd	3000 m s'chase	9:23.47
	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:36.52
	Continental Cup	Ostrava, Czech Republic	3rd	3000 m s'chase	9:17.86
2019	Arab Championships	Cairo, Egypt	1st	5000 m	17:15.08
			1st	3000 m s'chase	10:07.62
	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	1500 m	4:16.18	SB
			1st	5000 m	15:28.87	PB
			1st	3000 m s'chase	9:46.18	SB
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	4th	3000 m s'chase	9:05.68	PB
	Military World Games	Wuhan, China	2nd	5000 m	15:15.93
			1st	3000 m s'chase	9:19.24
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	10th	3000 m s'chase	9:19.74
2022	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	4th	3000 m s'chase	9:01.31
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:34:57
2023	Arab Games	Oran, Algeria	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:04.58
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	3000 m s'chase	8:54.29
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	1st	1500 m	4:11.65
			1st	3000 m s'chase	9:18.28
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	1st	3000 m s'chase	8:52.76	OR PB

Circuit wins

• Diamond League

3000 m steeplechase wins, other events specified in parentheses

• 2022: Paris Meeting (WL PB)
• 2023: Doha Diamond League (WL)

External links

• Winfred Yavi at World Athletics
• Winfred Yavi at Diamond League
• Winfred Yavi at Olympics.com
• Winfred Yavi at Olympedia