Kenyan-born Bahraini Olympic and World champion. She broke Asian steeplechase record 8:44.39 in Rome Diamond League meeting in 2024.
Transferred to her allegiance to Bahrain at the age of 15 and started to compete for Gulf nation from August 2016. Her first major competition was 2017 World Athletics Championships in London.
Yavi secured 3000m steeplechase Olympic gold medal in Paris ahead of Tokyo 2020 winner Peruth Chemutai of Uganda and broke Olympic record.
| Championship | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| World Championships | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| World U20 CH | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Continental Cup | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Asian Games | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Asian Athletics Champs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Islamic Solidarity Games | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Pan Arab Games | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Arab Athletics Championships | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gulf (GCC) Games | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| International total | 19 | 1 | 3 | 23 |
| Year | Championship | Event | Venue | Place | Mark | Record | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Asian Games | 3000SC | Aichi-Nagoya | 1 | 9:04.36 | CR | |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 5000m | Aichi-Nagoya | 1 | 15:10.18 | ||
| 2026 | Asian Games | 10,000m | Aichi-Nagoya | 1 | 32:39.18 | ||
| 2025 | Islamic Solidarity Games | 5000m | Riyadh | 1 | 15:43.51 | ||
| 2025 | Islamic Solidarity Games | 3000SC | Riyadh | 1 | 9:40.65 | ||
| 2025 | World Championships | 3000SC | Tokyo | 2 | 8:56.46 | ||
| 2024 | Olympic Games | 3000SC | Paris | 1 | 8:52.76 | OR | |
| 2023 | Asian Games | 1500m | Hangzhou | 1 | 4:11.65 | ||
| 2023 | Asian Games | 3000SC | Hangzhou | 1 | 9:18.28 | CR | |
| 2023 | World Championships | 3000SC | Budapest | 1 | 8:54.29 | ||
| 2023 | Pan Arab Games | 3000SC | Algiers | 1 | 9:04.58 | CR | |
| 2022 | Islamic Solidarity Games | 1500m | Konya | 1 | 4:14.35 | CR | |
| 2022 | Islamic Solidarity Games | 3000SC | Konya | 1 | 9:34.57 | ||
| 2022 | Gulf (GCC) Games | 1500m | Kuwait City | 1 | 4:07.24 | ||
| 2022 | Gulf (GCC) Games | 3000SC | Kuwait City | 1 | 9:23.11 | ||
| 2019 | Asian Athletics Champs | 5000m | Doha | 1 | 15:28.87 | ||
| 2019 | Asian Athletics Champs | 3000SC | Doha | 1 | 9:46.19 | ||
| 2019 | Asian Athletics Champs | 1500m | Doha | 3 | 4:16.18 | ||
| 2019 | Arab Athletics Championships | 5000m | Cairo | 1 | 17:15.08 | ||
| 2019 | Arab Athletics Championships | 3000SC | Cairo | 1 | 10:07.62 | ||
| 2018 | Continental Cup | 3000SC | Ostrava | 3 | 9:17.86 | ||
| 2018 | Asian Games | 3000SC | Jakarta | 1 | 9:36.52 | ||
| 2018 | World U20 CH | 3000SC | Tampere | 3 | 9:23.47 |
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