| Nazret Weldu | |
| Fullname: | Nazret Weldu Gebrehiwet |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1990 |
| Country: |  |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
| Updated: | 29 August 2015 |
Nazret Weldu Gebrehiwet (born 1 January 1990) is a female long-distance runner from Eritrea. She competed in the 10,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing finishing 24th. In 2019, she competed in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held in Aarhus, Denmark.[1] She finished in 27th place.[1]
She competed in the women's marathon at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]
In September 2024, Weldu was issued with a twenty month competition ban to be ineffect from June 2024 to February 2026 due to an anti-doping rule violation relating to three missed tests (or whereabouts failures).[3] [4]
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | African Championships | Nairobi, Kenya | 10th (h) | 800 m | 2:09.24 |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 24th | 10,000 m | 35:14.18 |
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 23rd | Marathon | 2:53:45 |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Sapporo, Japan | 43rd | Marathon | 2:37:01 |
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 4th | Marathon | 2:20:29 |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 8th | Marathon | 2:27:23 |
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