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patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by their given name, Mulugeta, and not as Wami.
Mulugeta Wami (born 17 July 1982) is an Ethiopian
long-distance runner who specialises in the
marathon. He has a personal best of 2:07:11 hours for the distance. He was the 2013 winner of the
Ljubljana Marathon.
Mulugeta continued to improve over the marathon in 2009, first running 2:10:49 at the
Los Angeles Marathon (fourth overall) then taking the
Chuncheon Marathon title in a time of 2:09:50 hours.[5] He returned to defend his Egmond Half title, but only managed a fifth-place finish.[6] Two more bests came at the start of 2008 as he timed 59:55 minutes for fifth at the
20 van Alphen road race and 2:08:32 at the
Paris Marathon, finishing sixth overall.[7] He also failed to retain his title in Chuncheon, managing a lacklustre 2:13:07 hours.[8] He was only marginally faster (2:12:55) at the
JoongAng Seoul Marathon – his only race of 2011.[9]
Although he was sixth at the 2012 Amsterdam Marathon, he achieved a best of 2:07:11 hours.[10] A run of 2:10:40 was only enough for tenth at the 2013
Seoul International Marathon, but his first victory over the distance followed at the lower profile
Ljubljana Marathon in October.[11]