Getnet Wale
Getnet at the PSD Bank Meeting in Düsseldorf in 2020 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Getnet Wale Bayabl |
| Born | 16 July 2000 Gish Abay, Sekela (woreda), Ethiopia |
| Sport | |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 3000 m steeplechase, 5000 metres |
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Getnet Wale Bayabl (born 16 July 2000) is an Ethiopian runner specialising in the 3,000 metres steeplechase. He finished fourth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as well as at the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships. Wale won the silver medal at the 2019 African Games and a bronze at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics.
He earned bronze medals at the 2016 and 2018 World Under-20 Championships. In 2019, he became the Diamond League 3,000 m steeplechase champion. Wale is the current Ethiopian record holder in the indoor 3,000 metres.