{{short description|Ethiopian steeplechase runner}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Getnet Wale | image = Getnet Wale at the 2020 PSD Bank Meeting in Dusseldorf.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Getnet at the PSD Bank Meeting in Düsseldorf in 2020 | full_name = Getnet Wale Bayabl | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|07|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Gish Abay, Sekela (woreda), Ethiopia<ref>[https://www.thereporterethiopia.com/article/getnet-wale-ready-make-more-steeplechase-history-ethiopia Getnet Wale ready to make more steeplechase history for Ethiopia]</ref> | height = | weight = | country = Ethiopia | sport = Athletics | event = 3000 m steeplechase, 5000 metres | club = | coach = | education = | pb = {{ubl |3000 m st.: 8:05.21 (Doha 2019) |5000 m: 12:53.28 (Hengelo 2021) }} | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{ETH}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Diamond League}} {{Medal|1st|2019|3000 m st.}} {{Medal|Competition|African Games}} {{Medal|Silver|2019 Rabat|3000 m st.}} {{Medal|Competition|African Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2018 Asaba|3000 m st.}} {{Medal|Competition|World U20 Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2016 Bydgoszcz|3000 m st.}} {{Medal|Bronze|2018 Tampere|3000 m st.}} {{Medal|Competition|World Cross Country Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2023 Bathurst|Mixed relay}} }}
'''Getnet Wale Bayabl''' (born 16 July 2000)<ref name="WAprofile">{{World Athletics}}</ref> 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.
==Early life== Getnet Wale was born one of eight children in Sekele, Ethiopia. He ran 4 km to and from school. After he won provincial 1,500 metres and 3,000 metres titles aged 13, steeplechase coach Teshome Kebede was interested in him and invited Wale to Addis Ababa.<ref name="WAfeature">Landells, Steve. World Athletics, 16 June 2020, [http://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/news/getnet-wale-ethiopia-steeplechase Wale ready to make more steeplechase history for Ethiopia]. Accessed 1 July 2021.</ref>
==Early running career== Wale's first international competition came at the 2016 IAAF World Under-20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Despite falling twice at the water jump he earned the bronze medal in the 3000 m steeplechase by placing third in 8:22.83.<ref name="WAfeature" /><ref name="WAprofile" />
In 2017, Wale competed at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics making the final and placing ninth in 8:25.28.<ref name="WAprofile" />
The next year, he competed at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, where he took bronze in 8:26.16.<ref name="WAprofile" />
In 2019, Wale contested nine 3,000 m steeplechase races including Diamond League wins in Rabat and Brussels. At the 2019 World Championships in Athletics, he placed fourth in the 3,000 m steeplechase event in a personal best time of 8:05.21.
In 2020, Wale only raced one steeplechase after an indoor track season. He competed at the Monaco Diamond League finishing 10th in 8:35.85.<ref name="WAprofile" />
===Possible transition to 5,000m=== On 16 January 2021, Wale placed second at the Olympic candidate trial competition in Addis Ababa. On 9 February, he ran a 7:24.98 in the 3,000 metres in Liévin, France, which was the second fastest all-time indoor time for the event, behind Daniel Komen's 7:24.90 in 1998.<ref>"3000 Metres Men." World Athletics, [http://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/middle-long/3000-metres/indoor/men/senior?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&oversizedTrack=regular&firstDay=1899-12-31&lastDay=2021-07-02 All-time top list]. Accessed 3 July 2021.</ref> On 11 April, he won the Ethiopian Championships over the 5,000 metres. On 19 May, Wale won the 3,000 m steeplechase at the 60th Ostrava Golden Spike in 8:09.47. At the Ethiopian Trials on 8 June in Hengelo, Netherlands, he won the 5,000 m with a time of 12:53.28. Wale was named for the Ethiopian Olympic Team in the 5,000 m for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where he was eliminated in the heats.<ref>World Athletics, 2 July 2021. [https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/news/ethiopian-team-tokyo-olympic-games Ethiopia selects 34 athletes for Tokyo]. Accessed 3 July 2021.</ref>
==International competitions== {|{{AchievementTable|nation=ETH|Event=yes}} |- |2016 |World U20 Championships |Bydgoszcz, Poland |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |3000 m s'chase |8:22.83 |- |2017 |World Championships |London, United Kingdom |9th |3000 m s'chase |8:25.28 |- |rowspan=2|2018 |World U20 Championships |Tampere, Finland |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |3000 m s'chase |8:26.16 |- |African Championships |Asaba, Nigeria |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |3000 m s'chase |8:30.87 |- |rowspan=2|2019 |African Games |Rabat, Morocco |bgcolor=silver|2nd |3000 m s'chase |8:14.06 |- |World Championships |Doha, Qatar |4th |3000 m s'chase |8:05.21 {{AthAbbr|PB}} |- |rowspan=2|2021 |rowspan=2|Olympic Games |rowspan=2|Tokyo, Japan |4th |3000 m s'chase |8:14.97 |- |20th (h) |5000 m |13:41.13 |- |2022 |World Championships |Eugene, OR, United States |4th |3000 m s'chase |8:28.68 |- |2023 |World Championships |Budapest, Hungary |11th |3000 m s'chase |8:21.03 |- |rowspan=3|2024 |World Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |4th |3000 m |7:44.77 |- |African Games |Accra, Ghana |5th |5000 m |13:44.45 |- |Olympic Games |Paris, France |9th |3000 m s'chase |8:12.33 |- |2025 |World Indoor Championships |Nanjing, China |11th |3000 m |7:50.07 |- |2026 |World Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |12th |3000 m |7:40.21 |}
===Circuit wins and titles=== * Diamond League champion 3,000 m steeplechase: 24px 2019<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2019-09-06 |title=Wanda Diamond League Final {{!}} Brussels (BEL) {{!}} 5th-6th Sept 2019 |url=https://www.diamondleague.com/fileadmin/IDL_Default/files/documents/2019/Brussels/DiamondRaceWinners.pdf |access-date=2021-01-01 |website=Diamond League |page=1 }}</ref> :: 3,000 metres steeplechase wins, other events specified in parentheses :* 2019: Rabat Meeting ({{AthAbbr|WL}} {{AthAbbr|PB}} {{AthAbbr|NR}}), Brussels Memorial Van Damme
===National championships=== * Ethiopian Athletics Championships ** 3,000 metres steeplechase: 2018, 2019 ** 5,000 metres: 2021
==Personal bests== :* 1,500 metres indoor – 3:35.54 (Val-de-Reuil 2021) * 2,000 metres – 4:58.26 (Bydgoszcz 2020) ** 3,000 metres indoor – 7:24.98 (Liévin 2021) {{AthAbbr|NR|Ethiopian}} * 5,000 metres – 12:53.28 (Hengelo 2021) * 3,000 metres steeplechase – 8:05.21 (Doha 2019)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{sports links}}
{{Footer IAAF Diamond League 3000 Metres Steeplechase Champions Men}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wale, Getnet}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:Ethiopian men steeplechase runners Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia Category:Diamond League winners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games Category:African Games silver medalists for Ethiopia Category:African Games silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:African Games athletes for Ethiopia Category:Ethiopian Athletics Championships winners Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Ethiopia Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:21st-century Ethiopian sportsmen