{{short description|Israeli runner (born 1994)}} {{EngvarB|date=July 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Selamawit Teferi | image = Selamawit Teferi at the meeting of the Olympic delegation to the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics Games with the President of Israel.jpg | caption = Teferi in 2021 <!-- Personal information --> | national_team = Israel | citizenship = Israeli | native_name_lang = he | native_name = {{nobold|סלאמוויט באיולין-טפרי}} | fullname = Selamawit Dagnachew Teferi | birth_name = Selamawit Dagnachew<br>{{Lang|am|ሰላማዊት ዳኛቸው|rtl=yes}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|3|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Ethiopia | spouse = Marhu Teferi <!-- Sport --> | country = {{ISR}} | sport = Athletics | event = 800 meters, 1,500 meters, 5,000 meters, 10,000 meters, 15 kilometers <!-- Achievements and titles --> | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = won Israeli championships at 800 meters (2017) and 1,500 meters (2019) | olympics = | highestranking = | pb = *5,000 meters (14:53 in July 2020) *women's road running (50:48 in September 2019) *10,000 meters (31:19.50 in June 2021) <!-- Medal record --> | show-medals = | medaltemplates = | medaltemplates-title = | module3 = }} '''Selamawit Dagnachew Teferi''' ({{langx|he|סלאמוויט דאגנאצ'ו באיולין-טפרי}}; born 24 March 1994) is an Olympic runner.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/israel/selamawit-dagnachew-404366|title=Selamawit DAGNACHEW | Profile|website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref> Born in Ethiopia, she qualified to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the 5,000 meters. She has also won Israeli championships at 800 meters and 1,500 meters.
==Early and personal life== Dagnachew was born in Ethiopia, to a non-Jewish family.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Sports/Israelis-shine-on-grass-mat-track-and-water-595776|title=Israelis shine on grass, mat, track and water; Soccer clubs kick off qualifying • Judoka Sasson takes gold • Husband, wife qualify for Olympics • Rowers medal|author=Joshua Halickman|date=July 16, 2019 |work=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref> She became an Israeli citizen in April 2018, on account of her marriage to an Israeli citizen.<ref name="auto1"/>
She is married to Ethiopian-born Israeli Olympic marathoner Marhu Teferi, who also competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/A-glorious-year-for-blue-and-white-athletes-603074|title=A glorious year for blue-and-white athletes|author=Joshua Halickman|date=September 26, 2019 |work=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref> They are the first married couple to represent Israel at the Olympics.<ref name="auto1"/>
==Running career== Dagnachew won the Israeli National Championship in 800 meters with a time of 2:13.11 on July 5, 2017, and won the Israeli National Championship in 1,500 meters with a time of 4:14.07 on July 4, 2019.<ref name="auto"/>
As of November 2019, her highest world ranking in the 5,000 meters was 22nd (and her personal best was 15:08.39 in July 2019), her highest world ranking in women's road running was 28th (and her personal best was 50:48 in September 2019; the third-fastest time in the world for the year), and her highest world ranking in 10,000 meters was 57th (and her personal best was 32:16.84 in April 2019).<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/records/toplists/road-running/10-miles-road/outdoor/women/senior/2019|title=10 Miles Road - women - senior - outdoor - 2019|website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref> At the same time, Dagnachew's time in the 15 kilometers of 49:21 in February 2019 was the 12th-fastest in the world for the year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/records/toplists/road-running/15-kilometres/outdoor/women/senior/2019|title=15 Kilometres - women - senior - outdoor - 2019|website=www.worldathletics.org}}</ref> In July 2019, she won the 1,500 meters with a 4.11.37 at the 18th Meeting International de la Province de Liège.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sport.be/meetingliege/2019/en/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=865472|title=Clarence Munyai has arrived|date=July 17, 2019|website=rocdardenne.be}}</ref>
Dagnachew qualified to represent Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:08.39 in the Guldensporenmeeting in Kortrijk, Belgium, on July 13, 2019, where she won a bronze medal.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tokyorankings.com/womens5000|title=Tokyo Rankings; Women's 5,000m |website=www.tokyorankings.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://us.icej.org/news/headlines/energy-consortia-bid-israeli-offshore-opportunities|title=Israeli Sports Fans Have Much to Celebrate|date=July 16, 2019|website=ICEJ}}</ref> She placed 10th in the Olympic final.<ref>{{cite web |title=Women's 5000m – Results |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73G_ATHW5000M-------------FNL-000100--.pdf |website=2020 Summer Olympics |access-date=2 August 2021 |archive-date=2 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802130404/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C73G_ATHW5000M-------------FNL-000100--.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{World Athletics}} * {{Olympics.com profile|selamawit-teferi}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{OCI profile}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Teferi, Selamawit}} Category:Ethiopian emigrants to Israel Category:Living people Category:Israeli women middle-distance runners Category:Olympic athletes for Israel Category:1994 births Category:Naturalized citizens of Israel Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:21st-century Israeli sportswomen