Kenyan-born Bahraini athletics competitor (born 1999)
Winfred Mutile Yavi OLY (Arabic :
وينفريد يافي, born 31 December 1999)[ 1] is a Kenyan-born Bahraini female athlete who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase . She won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics , setting the new Olympic record . Mutile 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.[ 2] 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.[ 3]
Statistics
Yavi races her specialist event at the 2019 ISTAF Berlin meeting.
All information from World Athletics profile.[ 1]
Personal bests
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
[ note 1]
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
[ note 2]
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
3000 m steeplechase wins, other events specified in parentheses
Notes
References
External links
Distance from 1975 to 1993 was 3000 m, and 5000 m from 1995 onwards