Dera Dida

Dera Dida

Personal information
Full name	Dera Dida Yami
Nationality	Ethiopian
Born	(1996-10-26) 26 October 1996 (age 28)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long-distance running
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Ethiopia African Games 2019 Rabat 10,000 m African Championships 2016 Durban 5000 m World Cross Country Championships 2019 Aarhus Senior race 2015 Guiyang Junior race

Dera Dida Yami (born 26 October 1996)^[1] is an Ethiopian long distance runner. She competed in the women's 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, ranking 14th in 31:51:75.^[2] In 2019, she won the silver medal in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark.^[3] At the 2019 African Games, she won the bronze medal in the women's 10,000 metres event.

Achievements

Personal bests

• 5000 metres – 14:42.84 (Rome 2016)
• 10,000 metres – 30:51.86 (Hengelo 2019)

Road

• 5 kilometres – 15:24 (Rennes 2015)
• 10 kilometres – 33:00 (Okpekpe 2018)
• Half marathon – 1:08:06 (Houston, TX 2017)
• Marathon – 2:21:45 (Dubai 2018)

National championships

• Ethiopian Athletics Championship titles
  • 5000 metres: 2016
  • 10,000 metres: 2017

References

1. "Dera Dida". IAAF. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
2. "10,000 Metres Women". IAAF. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
3. "Senior women's race" (PDF). 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

External links

• Dera Dida at World Athletics