Alemu Bekele
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Born | 23 March 1990 | (age 34)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Addis Ababa University[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Steeplechase, 10,000 m, half marathon, marathon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 1500 m – 3:40.83 (2011) 5000 m – 13:18.00 (2013) 10,000 m – 27:56.20 (2012) HM – 1:01:38 (2016) Marathon – 2:06:04 (2019)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alemu Bekele Gebre (born 23 March 1990) is an Ethiopian professional
He transferred to Bahrain as a junior (under-19) athlete and won the 5000m bronze medal at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships. He took the 3000 metres bronze at the 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships before raising to the top of the region by winning the 10,000m title and 5000m silver at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships.
He also races in
Career
Early life
Alemu Bekele Gebre was born and raised in Lemu, a small rural farming community near Bekoji in Ethiopia's Arsi Zone. He grew up in a family of nine children and spent his early years assisting his parents with their cereal crops. He moved to stay with his grandparents when he started school but he became distracted from his studies as his interest in running grew. His father urged him to focus on his schoolwork and Alemu did so, going on to high school in Bekoji in 2005. The coach at the school, Sentayehu Eshetu, had taught world champions Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba previously and Alemu again threw himself into running practice. His father refused to support him further and forced him to leave the family home.[4]
Alemu lived on the streets for a period but continued to run in local races. A good performance at a youth trial race in 2007 earned him a training place with the
At the World half marathon championships in Denmark, Alemu complete the half marathon in 1:01:46.
Running for Bahrain
At the
Alemu broke new ground in 2012. He started with a 3000m best of 7:48.04 minutes for a bronze medal at the
Asian title
He won the 10,000 m title at the 2013 Arab Championships and repeated that finish at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships, where he was also the 5000m runner-up behind fellow Bahraini-Ethiopian transferee Dejenee Regassa.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Alemu Bekele. nbcolympics.com
- ^ Alemu Bekele Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ Alemu Bekele at World Athletics
- ^ a b Elshadai Negash (20 March 2009). Focus on Athletes – Alemu Bekele. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-13.
- ^ a b Alemu Bekele. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 13 July 2013.
- ^ Chinese sprinters take away 100m titles at Asian Championships. IAAF (4 July 2013). Retrieved on 2013-07-07.
External links
- Alemu Bekele at World Athletics
- Alemu Bekele at Olympedia