Abeba Aregawi follows Sifa Hassan at the "Bell" in the final of the women's 1,500 metres,
at the 2014 European Championships in Zurich. As the result below shows Abeba, the
2013 World Champions, had to settle for second place.
On February 29, 2016, the Swedish Athletics Federation stated that Abeba had tested positive
for doping (meldonium) in January 2016. She was 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.
She returned to Ethiopia after gaining a Swedish passport. She married and has one child.
She was officially struck from the list of active by the Swedish Athletics Association on 28 November 2018.
She remarried, to Yemane Tsegay, and moved in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
| 1 |
HASSAN |
Sifan |
NED |
4:04.18 |
|
| 2 |
AREGAWI |
Abeba |
SWE |
4:05.08 |
|
| 3 |
WEIGHTMAN |
Laura |
GBR |
4:06.32 |
|
| 4 |
PLIS |
Renata |
POL |
4:06.55 |
|
| 5 |
DEL BUONO
|
Federica |
POR |
4:07.49 |
PB |
| 6 |
ENGLISH |
Hanna |
GBR |
4:07.80 |
|
Adebe Aregawi in action during her heat of the women's 1500m in Zurich. Photo G. Herringshaw. ©
ANNUAL PROGRESS 1,500 METRES.
| 2015 |
4:01.97 |
Birmingham (GBR) |
07 JUN 2015 |
| 2014 |
3:57.57 |
Eugene, OR (USA) |
31 MAY 2014 |
| 2013 |
3:56.60 |
Doha (QAT) |
10 MAY 2013 |
| 2012 |
3:56.54 |
Roma (ITA) |
31 MAY 2012 |
| 2011 |
4:10.30 |
Monaco (MON) |
22 JUL 2011 |
| 2010 |
4:01.96 |
Heusden-Zolder (BEL) |
10 JUL 2010 |