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Alemu at the 2016 Olympics
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
9 July 1997 Ethiopia |
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | 800 m |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 2:01.27 (outdoors 2015) 2:01.31 (indoors 2016) |
| Updated on 29 August 2015. | |
Habitam Alemu (born 9 July 1997) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres. She represented her country at the 2015 World Championships, the 2016 World Indoor Championships where she was a finalist and at the 2016 Olympics. She placed second in 1:59.14 at 2016 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in Doha. She ran her personal best 1:58.99 in the heats at the 2016 Olympics, but was unable to match it and was eliminated in the semi-finals.