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Winfred Mutile Yavi (born 31 December 1999)^[1] is a Kenyan-born Bahraini female athlete who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Mutile hails from Ukia, Makueni County She won the gold medal at the 2023 World Athletics Championships beating Beatrice Chepkoech of Kenya and finished fourth at both the 2019 and 2022 World Athletics Championships. Yavi won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games. She took bronze in the 1500 metres, gold in the 5000 metres and gold for the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships.

Yavi was the bronze medallist in her specialist event at the 2018 World Under-20 Championships.

Career

Born in Kenya, Winfred Yavi transferred her allegiance to the oil-rich Middle Eastern state at the age of fifteen, becoming eligible to compete for her adopted nation in August 2016.^[2]

She represented Bahrain at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics at the age of 17 and finished eighth in the steeplechase final in a personal best time of 9:22.67.^[3]

Statistics

All information from World Athletics profile.^[1]

Personal bests

1500 metres – 4:05.54 (Nairobi 2022)
3000 metres – 9:10.5h (Embu 2016)
- 3000 metres indoor – 8:39.64 (Val-de-Reuil 2020) Asian record
2000 metres steeplechase – 5:56.83 (Berlin 2019) AB
- 2000 metres steeplechase indoor – 5:45.09 (Liévin 2021) AB
3000 metres steeplechase – 8:54.29 (Budapest 2023)

International competitions

Representing Bahrain
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	8th	3000 m s'chase	9:22.67	PB
2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	3rd	3000 m s'chase	9:23.47
	Asian Games	Jakarta, Indonesia	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:36.52
	Continental Cup	Ostrava, Czech Republic	3rd	3000 m s'chase	9:17.86	^{[note 1]}
2019	Arab Championships	Cairo, Egypt	1st	5000 m	17:15.08
	Arab Championships	Cairo, Egypt	1st	3000 m s'chase	10:07.62
	Asian Championships	Doha, Qatar	3rd	1500 m	4:16.18	SB
			1st	5000 m	15:28.87	PB
			1st	3000 m s'chase	9:46.18	SB
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	4th	3000 m s'chase	9:05.68	PB
	Military World Games	Wuhan, China	2nd	5000 m	15:15.93
	Military World Games	Wuhan, China	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:19.24
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	10th	3000 m s'chase	9:19.74	^{[note 2]}
2022	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	4th	3000 m s'chase	9:01.31
2022	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:34:57
2023	Arab Games	Oran, Algeria	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:04.58
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	3000 m s'chase	8:54.29
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	1st	1500 m	4:11.65
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:18.28