Senbere Teferi (born 3 May 1995) is an Ethiopian professional middle- and

long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance running comes two d ...

who competes mainly in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...

and

cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open ...

. She was the silver medallist at the

2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships () was the 41st edition of the global championships in cross country running, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations. It was held in Guiyang, China on 28 March. It was th ...

. She represented her country at the 2013 World Championships and won medals on the track and World Youth and World Junior levels.

Career

Born Senbere Teferi Sora, she won her first international medal at the

2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics The 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics were the seventh edition of the World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held in Lille Métropole, France, with stadium-based events at Stadium Lille-Métropole in Villeneuve d'Ascq, on 6� ...

, placing second in the 1500 m to Kenya's

Faith Kipyegon Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (born 10 January 1994) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specializing in the 1500 metres. A 2016 Rio Olympic and 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion with the Games record at the latter, she is the second woman in history ...

. She rose to the top of the national scene with a 1500 m win at the

Ethiopian Athletics Championships The Ethiopian Athletics Championships is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Ethiopian Athletics Federation, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Ethiopia. The competition was first held in 1971.

.Negash, Elshadai (14 May 2012)
Driba and Endris impress at Ethiopian Champs
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-28. She took a prominent scalp in the form of

Tiki Gelana Erba Tiki Gelana ( am, ኧርባ ቲኪ ገላና; born 22 October 1987) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. Her personal best of 2:18:58 had been the Ethiopian national record for the event from 2012 ...

at the Women First 5K in

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, ...

in March 2012. At the

2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born 1993 or later) which was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on 10–15 ...

she achieved a personal best of 4:08.28 minutes in the 1500 m final, but was again defeated by Kipyegon and also by

Amela Terzić Amela Terzić (Serbian Cyrillic: Амела Терзић, born 2 January 1993) is a Serbian middle-distance runner. She won two gold medals at 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships in Tallinn and was the junior champion at the 2012 Europ ...

, leaving her with the junior bronze. Senbere opened the 2013 season with a win at the national junior championships, taking the

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

by a margin of nearly seven seconds. At the senior Ethiopian championships she made her debut over the

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

and held off competition from Alemitu Heroye to lift her second national title.Negash, Elshadai (28 June 2013)
Debutante Teferi wins Ethiopian 5000m title
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-28. She began to move into cross country running at the end of the year and placed third in the junior section of the Ethiopian Clubs Cross Country Championships. The following year, she was among the favourites for the

2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born 1995 or later) which was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, USA, on 22–27 July 2014. A total of 44 ...

after a world-leading junior time of 8:41.54 minutes in the 3000 m at the

Doha Diamond League The Doha Diamond League is an annual one-day track and field meeting held at the Suheim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar. It is part of the Diamond League – the top level international circuit for the sport. It is typically held in May as the ...

, but ultimately did not compete. She scored an African junior record in the

2000 metres The 2000 metres or 2000-metre run is a track running event where five laps are completed around an outdoor 400 m track, or ten laps around a 200 m indoor track - the distance is 11.68 meters short of 1¼ miles. The global governing body World Ath ...

at the

Golden Spike Ostrava Golden Spike ( cz, Zlatá tretra) is an annual athletics event at the Městský Stadion in Ostrava- Vítkovice, Czech Republic as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was first organized in 1961. The history of the meeting was interru ...

meeting with a time of 5:34.27 minutes, finishing behind

Genzebe Dibaba Genzebe Dibaba Keneni ( Oromo: ''Ganzabee Dibaabaa Qananii''; Amharic: ገንዘቤ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born 8 February 1991) is an Ethiopian middle- and long-distance runner. A 1500 metres 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist, she won a gold med ...

who was making an attempt at the world record. Cross country was her focus after the track season. She won the

Cross de l'Acier The Cross de l'Acier ( en, Cross of Steel) was an annual cross country running competition held in late November in Leffrinckoucke, France. First held in 1990, it was one of the foremost competitions of its type in France. Ten races were held at th ...

in France in November 2014. She was chosen for the senior Ethiopian team for the

and, in spite of her suffering an injury in the week before the event, she took to the front pack alongside

Agnes Jebet Tirop Agnes Jebet Tirop (23 October 1995 – 13 October 2021) was a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. She won bronze medals in the 10,000 metres at the 2017 and 2019 World Athletics Championships. At the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Champions ...

and the two became the race protagonists, with Tirop eventually beating Senbere in the final 200 m, leaving the Ethiopian with the silver medal. Senbere's senior debut also saw her head the Ethiopian women to the team title, helped by her compatriot (and bronze medallist)

Netsanet Gudeta Netsanet Gudeta Kebede (born 12 February 1991) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in road running and cross country running events. She was the bronze medallist at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 2015. She shared in th ...

.Sammert, Michelle (28 March 2015)
Teenage talent Tirop triumphs in Guiyang
IAAF (2015-03-28). Retrieved on 2015-03-28.

International competitions

National titles

: 2012 **

: 2013

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Teferi, Senbere Living people 1995 births Ethiopian female long-distance runners Ethiopian female middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Ethiopian women