Ethiopian long-distance runner
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patronymic . The article properly refers to the person by their given name, Berhane, and not as Adere.
Berhane Adere Debala (
Ge'ez : ብርሀኔ አደሬ born 21 July 1973)
[1] is a retired Ethiopian
long-distance runner who specialised in the
10,000 metres and
half marathon . She won the gold medal in the 10,000 m at the
2003 World Championships and silver medals in the event at the
2001 and
2005 World Championships . Berhane claimed gold and silver for the
3,000 metres at the
2003 and
2004 World Indoor Championships , respectively. Her medal in 2003 was Ethiopia’s first world indoor medal in a women’s event.
[2] At the half marathon, she was the world champion in
2002 , took silver in
2003 and bronze in
2001 . She won the
Chicago Marathon in
2006 and
2007 .
Berhane held the world indoor record for the 3,000 m, set in 2002, which was the first sub-8:30 mark run by a woman indoors and the first world indoor record in a distance event by an Ethiopian woman. She also held the world indoor record in the 5,000 m, set in 2004.
[2]
Berhane works for
UNICEF as a
goodwill ambassador for
girls' education .
Career
Berhane held the African record for the
10,000 metres in a time of 30:04.18, set at the
2003 World Championships , where she won gold. Her record was broken at the
2008 Beijing Olympics by
Tirunesh Dibaba , who became the first African woman to run under 30 minutes in the event.[
citation needed ]
She won the
2006 Chicago Marathon with a personal best time of 2:20:42. She won the
Chicago Marathon again in
2007
[3] and the
Dubai Marathon on 18 January 2008.
[4] Berhane also claimed victory in the 2007
Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon .
[1]
She was the top female finisher in the 2010
Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Marathon , in which she recorded the fastest ever
half marathon on American soil with a time of 1:07:52, breaking her previous best by over 25 seconds.
[5] At age 36, that should also be the Masters world record.
[6] She saw off a challenge from
Ana Dulce Félix to win at the
Great North Run in September, completing the half marathon in 1:08:49.
[7] In 2012, she had two races, both in October in Britain, where she was runner-up at the
Great Birmingham Run and third at the
Great South Run .
[8]
Achievements
International competitions
Representing
Ethiopia
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Result
1991
World Cross Country Championships
Antwerp , Belgium
34th
XC 6425 m
21:30
2nd
Team
36 pts
1992
World Cross Country Championships
Boston , United States
38th
XC 6370 m
22:19
3rd
Team
96 pts
1993
African Championships
Durban , South Africa
1st
10,000 m
32:48.52
World Championships
Stuttgart , Germany
27th (h)
10,000 m
33:20.62
1995
World Championships
Gothenburg , Sweden
22nd (h)
10,000 m
33:14.76
1996
World Cross Country Championships
Stellenbosch , South Africa
10th
XC 6300 m
20:37
2nd
Team
44 pts
Olympic Games
Atlanta, GA , United States
18th
10,000 m
32:57.35
1997
World Cross Country Championships
Turin , Italy
14th
XC 6600 m
21:37
1st
Team
24 pts
World Championships
Athens , Greece
4th
10,000 m
31:48.95
PB
1998
African Championships
Dakar , Senegal
1st
5000 m
15:54.31
CR
World Cup
Johannesburg , South Africa
3rd
5000 m
16:38.81
1999
World Championships
Seville , Spain
7th
10,000 m
31:32.51 PB
2000
World Cross Country Championships
Vilamoura , Portugal
14th
XC 8080 m
27:11
1st
Team
20 pts
Olympic Games
Sydney , Australia
12th
10,000 m
31:40.52
2001
World Championships
Edmonton , Australia
2nd
10,000 m
31:48.85
World Half Marathon Championships
Bristol , United Kingdom
3rd
Individual
1:08:17 PB
3rd
Team
3:30:20
2002
World Half Marathon Championships
Brussels , Belgium
1st
Individual
1:09:06
3rd
Team
3:30:58
African Championships
Radès , Tunisia
1st
5000 m
15:51.08
World Cup
Madrid , Spain
1st
3000 m
8:50.88
2003
World Indoor Championships
Birmingham , United Kingdom
1st
3000 m
8:40.25
World Championships
Saint-Denis , France
10th
5000 m
14:58.07
1st
10,000 m
30:04.18 CR
World Half Marathon Championships
Vilamoura , Portugal
2nd
Individual
1:09:02
4th
Team
3:36:37
2004
World Indoor Championships
Budapest , Hungary
2nd
3000 m
9:11.43
2005
World Championships
Helsinki , Finland
2nd
10,000 m
30:25.41
SB
2008
Olympic Games
Beijing , China
–
Marathon
DNF
World Marathon Majors
2006
London Marathon
London , United Kingdom
4th
Marathon
2:21:52
Chicago Marathon
Chicago, IL , United States
1st
Marathon
2:20:42
2007
Chicago Marathon
Chicago, IL , United States
1st
Marathon
2:33:49
2008
London Marathon
London , United Kingdom
7th
Marathon
2:27:42
2009
London Marathon
London , United Kingdom
5th
Marathon
2:25:30
Chicago Marathon
Chicago, IL , United States
3rd
Marathon
2:28:38
Personal bests
Road
References
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