Habitam Alemu Bayih (born 9 July 1997) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres.
Career Born in Merawi, Ethiopia, Alemu was encouraged to try running by a school teacher who entered her into her first competition, which she won. Further encouraged by her brother, she began to train seriously, and after running at the national championships, she was invited to join a club in Addis Ababa.
Alemu represented her country at the 2015 World Championships, and was a finalist at the 2016 World Indoor Championships. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, she ran a personal best to progress through the heats, but was eliminated in the semi-finals.
She placed sixth in the 800 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Alemu twice earned overall 800m World Indoor Tour victory, winning in 2019 and in 2021.
Competition record 2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China38th (h)800 m2:03.19African GamesBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo4th800 m2:02.292016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States6th800 m i2:04.61Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil15th (sf)800 m2:00.07 ( h)2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom14th (sf)800 m2:00.192018World Indoor ChampionshipBirmingham, United Kingdom4th800 m i2:01.10African ChampionshipsAsaba, Nigeria3rd800 m1:58.862021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan6th800 m1:57.562022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia7th800 m i2:03.37World ChampionshipsEugene, United States14th (sf)800 m2:00.372023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary19th (sf)800 m2:01.022024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom5th800 m2:03.89Olympic GamesParis, France18th (rep)800 m2:02.732025World Indoor ChampionshipsNanjing, China11th (sf)800 m2:05.44
Circuit wins Diamond League 2017 (800 m): Birmingham British Grand Prix World Athletics Indoor Tour 800 m overall winner: 2019, 2021 2019: Toruń Copernicus Cup, Düsseldorf PSD Bank Meeting 2021: Toruń, Villa de Madrid Indoor Meeting
Personal bests 800 metres – 1:56.71 (Monaco 2018) 800 metres indoor – 1:58.19 (Toruń 2021) 1500 metres – 4:01.41 (Doha 2018) 1500 metres indoor – 4:02.52 (Toruń 2022)
References
External links
Habitam Alemu at All-Athletics.com (archived)
Habitam Alemu at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)