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{{Short description|Ethiopian long-distance runner}}
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| caption = Hawi Feysa at the 5000m in Doha, 2019
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| nationality = Ethiopian
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| sport = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
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{{MedalSilver|[[Athletics at the 2019 African Games|2019 Rabat]]|[[Athletics at the 2019 African Games – Women's 5000 metres|5000 m]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Athletics Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|2017 Kampala]]|[[2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race#Individual|Junior race]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships|2023 Bathurst]]|[[2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race#Team|Senior team]]}}
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'''Hawi Feysa''' (born 1 February 1999) is an Ethiopian [[track and field]] athlete who specializes in [[long-distance running]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ethiopia/hawi-feysa-315952 |title=Hawi Feysa Athlete Profile |website=iaaf.org |access-date=2 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721142343/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ethiopia/hawi-feysa-315952 |archive-date=21 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
At the [[2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships]], she won the silver medal in the [[2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race|Junior women's race]], finishing behind [[Letesenbet Gidey]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Whittington |first=Jessica |date=26 March 2017 |title=Irene Chepet Cheptai leads Kenyan clean sweep in Kampala |url=https://www.athleticsweekly.com/event-news/irene-chepet-cheptai-leads-kenyan-clean-sweep-kampala-59242/ |work=Athletics Weekly |access-date=17 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230193309/http://www.athleticsweekly.com/event-news/irene-chepet-cheptai-leads-kenyan-clean-sweep-kampala-59242 |archive-date=30 December 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Feysa placed fourth in the [[2018 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres|women's 5000 metres]] at the [[2018 African Championships in Athletics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.africathle.com/2018/08/01/african-championships-asaba-nigeria-1-5082018/ |title=African championships, Asaba (Nigeria) 1-5/08/2018 |website=africathle.com |access-date=2 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424221033/http://www.africathle.com/2018/08/01/african-championships-asaba-nigeria-1-5082018/ |archive-date=24 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In June 2019, she was runner-up to [[Caster Semenya]] in the [[Middle-distance running|2000m]] at the Meeting de Montreuil,<ref>{{cite news |last=McDaid |first=David |date=12 June 2019 |title=Caster Semenya wins 2,000m at the Meeting de Montreuil |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/48603383 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=17 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615134554/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/48603383 |archive-date=15 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> achieving a new personal best of 5:38.66.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/hawi-feysa-315952|title=Hawi Feysa: Personal Bests|website=iaaf.org|access-date=17 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112141720/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/hawi-feysa-315952|archive-date=12 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2019, she competed in the [[2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Senior women's race|senior women's race]] at the [[2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships]] held in Aarhus, Denmark.<ref name="senior_women_race_iaaf_world_cross_country_2019">{{Cite web|title=Senior women's race|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6265/AT-XSE-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=21598225|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627195835/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6265/AT-XSE-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=21598225|archive-date=27 June 2020|access-date=27 June 2020|website=2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships}}</ref> She finished in 17th place.<ref name="senior_women_race_iaaf_world_cross_country_2019"/>
At the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco, she won the silver medal in the [[Athletics at the 2019 African Games – Women's 5000 metres|women's 5000 metres]].
She represented Ethiopia at the [[2019 World Athletics Championships]], competing in the [[2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres|women's 5000 metres]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-doha-2019-6033/results/women/5000-metres/heats/startlist |title=5000 Metres women (Startlist) |website=iaaf.org |access-date=2 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002164145/https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-doha-2019-6033/results/women/5000-metres/heats/startlist |archive-date=2 October 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-doha-2019-6033/results/women/5000-metres/heats/summary |title=5000 Metres women |website=iaaf.org |access-date=2 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002164129/https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/iaaf-world-athletics-championships-doha-2019-6033/results/women/5000-metres/heats/summary |archive-date=2 October 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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[[Category:Ethiopian female long-distance runners]]
[[Category:1999 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games]]
[[Category:African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:African Games silver medalists for Ethiopia]]
[[Category:21st-century Ethiopian women]]
[[Category:21st-century Ethiopian people]]
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