Likina Amebaw

Likina Amebaw (born 30 November 1997) is an Ethiopian long distance runner.[1]

In April 2021, she won the cross country at the Almond Blossom Cross Country in Albufeira.[2] She won again in Albufeira in February 2023.[3]

In October 2023, she won the first Gold event of that season’s World Athletics Cross Country Tour, claiming victory at the Cross Zornotza in Amorebieta, Spain.[4]

In November 2023, she won the Cross Internacional de Soria, a Gold level meeting on the World Athletics Cross Country Tour, in Soria, Spain.[5] In January 2024, she placed second at the San Silvestre Vallecana, a World Athletics Elite Label road race, in Spain.[6] In April 2024, she ran a personal best time of 29:56 to win the Paris for the Festival of Running 10km road race.[7]

She finished fifth in the 5000 metres at the Diamond League event the 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme in Morocco in May 2024.[8] At the end of the month, she finished second in the 3000 metres at the 2024 Bislett Games in Oslo in 8:24.29.[9]

In February 2025, she won the 5km Monaco Run in a time of 14:33.[10] She ran a personal best of 14:30.54 for the 5000 metres at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025.[11] She was second over 3000 metres at the 2025 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, part of the 2025 Diamond League, in Poland, with a run of 8:34.53 to finish runner-up to Faith Kipyegon.[12] She was then runner-up over 5000 metres to Agnes Ngetich in the Diamond League at the 2025 Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium.[13] She placed third over 3000 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.[14]

Amebaw placed third at the Cross Internacional de Itálica in Spain, in November 2025, finishing behind Winfred Yavi and Daisy Jepkemei.[15] The following week she won the Cross Internacional de Soria in Spain.[16] On 31 December, Amebaw moved to fifth on the all-time list with the world’s second-quickest performance of 2025, winning the 5km Cursa dels Nassos, a World Athletics Label event, held in Barcelona, in 14:23.[17] On 11 January 2026, she moved to sixth on the world all-time list for 10km, with her time of 29:30 in finishing second to Brenda Jepchirchir, in Valencia.[18]