Sofia Assefa

Sofia Assefa (born 14 November 1987) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in the steeplechase.

Assefa participated in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in part, but could not qualify for the final itself. The following year she won at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin on 13th Place and in the IAAF World Athletics Final in Thessaloniki fourth place.

At the Track Championships Africa 2010 in Nairobi Assefa won behind the Kenyan Milcah chemo Cheywa the silver medal in the steeplechase. They also reached the IAAF Continental Cup in Split in third place and won the race at the Memorial Van Damme in Brussels. In 2011 she improved the Ethiopian record in the steeplechase at the Golden Gala in Rome to 9:15,04 min. At the World Championships in Daegu she was sixth. Four years after Beijing Assefa succeeded at the Olympic Games in London is not only the finals, but also a medal. She took in 9:09,84 min the bronze medal.

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