Likina Amebaw
Likina Amebaw is an Ethiopian long distance runner.
Career
In April 2021, she won the cross country at the Almond Blossom Cross Country in Albufeira. She won again in Albufeira in February 2023.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.
In November 2023, she won the Cross Internacional de Soria, a Gold level meeting on the World Athletics Cross Country Tour, in Soria, Spain. In January 2024, she placed second at the San Silvestre Vallecana, a World Athletics Elite Label road race, in Spain. In April 2024, she ran a personal best time of 29:56 to win the Paris for the Festival of Running 10km road race.
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. At the end of the month, she finished second in the 3000 metres at the 2024 Bislett Games in Oslo in 8:24.29.
In February 2025, she won the 5km
Monaco Run in a time of 14:33. 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. 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. She was then runner-up over 5000 metres to Agnes Ngetich in the Diamond League at the 2025 Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium. She placed third over 3000 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.
Amebaw placed third at the Cross Internacional de Itálica in Spain, in November 2025, finishing behind Winfred Yavi and Daisy Jepkemei. The following week she won the Cross Internacional de Soria in Spain. 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. 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.