Key facts
- Full name
- Winfred Mutile Yavi
- Born
- ( 1999-12-31 ) December 31, 1999 (age 26) , Nairobi, Kenya
- Height
- 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
- Weight
- 49 kg (108 lb)
- Country
- Bahrain
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event
- 3000 metres steeplechase
- Personal bests
- 3000 m : 8:39.64 Indoors</span>"}]]}'>i ( Val-de-Reuil 2020) 3000 m steeplechase : 8:44.39 ( Rome 2024) Area (continental) record</span>"}]]}'>AR 5000 m : 14:41.99 ( Liège 2024) National record</span>"}]]}'>NR
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kenya
- Place of birth
- Kenya
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Bahrain
- Image
- 2019-09-01 ISTAF 2019 2000 m steeplechase (Martin Rulsch) 02.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1999-12-31
- Commons category
- Winfred Mutile Yavi
- sports discipline competed in
- steeplechase
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Encyclopedic overview
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. She won the gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships.
Career
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