Born in Nazret, he took up running seriously in 2004 when he moved to Addis Ababa with the hope of emulating the success of Haile Gebrselassie.[2] He made his marathon debut in 2008 at the Marathon del Riso in Vercelli and won the race in a time of 2:14:33.[3] He ran in two other marathons that year, winning the Warsaw Marathon in 2:11:50 – a course record and personal best – and then breaking the course record to win the Beirut Marathon in November.[2][4] He came tenth at the Zurich Marathon in 2009 and significantly improved his personal best at the Frankfurt Marathon, running a time of 2:08:46 for fifth place as the only non-Kenyan to reach the top eight.[5]
He was among the leaders of the Xiamen Marathon in January 2010, but fell back at the 35 km mark, eventually taking fifth place.[6] He returned to the race the following year and took third place in 2:09:58, his second sub-2:10 clocking.[7] In his second run of 2011 he finished in the top five of the Rotterdam Marathon, again running under two hours and ten minutes.[8] He was one of six men to go under the previous course record at the Ljubljana Marathon in October, but did not make the podium with his fifth-place finish.[9] Shumye won the Gold Coast Marathon on 1 July 2012 in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.[10]
He died in a car accident in Addis Ababa on January 11, 2013, aged 24 years.[1]
alemayehu, shumye, tafere, 1988, january, 2013, addis, ababa, ethiopia, ethiopian, long, distance, runner, specialised, marathon, running, born, nazret, took, running, seriously, 2004, when, moved, addis, ababa, with, hope, emulating, success, haile, gebrselas. Alemayehu Shumye Tafere 1988 11 January 2013 Addis Ababa Ethiopia was an Ethiopian long distance runner who specialised in marathon running 1 Born in Nazret he took up running seriously in 2004 when he moved to Addis Ababa with the hope of emulating the success of Haile Gebrselassie 2 He made his marathon debut in 2008 at the Marathon del Riso in Vercelli and won the race in a time of 2 14 33 3 He ran in two other marathons that year winning the Warsaw Marathon in 2 11 50 a course record and personal best and then breaking the course record to win the Beirut Marathon in November 2 4 He came tenth at the Zurich Marathon in 2009 and significantly improved his personal best at the Frankfurt Marathon running a time of 2 08 46 for fifth place as the only non Kenyan to reach the top eight 5 He was among the leaders of the Xiamen Marathon in January 2010 but fell back at the 35 km mark eventually taking fifth place 6 He returned to the race the following year and took third place in 2 09 58 his second sub 2 10 clocking 7 In his second run of 2011 he finished in the top five of the Rotterdam Marathon again running under two hours and ten minutes 8 He was one of six men to go under the previous course record at the Ljubljana Marathon in October but did not make the podium with his fifth place finish 9 Shumye won the Gold Coast Marathon on 1 July 2012 in Gold Coast Queensland Australia 10 He died in a car accident in Addis Ababa on January 11 2013 aged 24 years 1 References edit a b Marathon runner Shumye dies in car crash International Association of Athletics Federations 14 January 2013 Retrieved 15 January 2013 a b Butcher Pat 30 November 2008 Shumye obliterates Beirut Marathon record IAAF Archived from the original on 26 June 2011 Retrieved 2 January 2011 Danesi Federico 2008 05 02 Maratona del Riso Archived 2011 07 22 at the Wayback Machine in Italian Podistidoc Retrieved on 2011 01 02 Alemayehu Tafere Shumye MarathonInfo Retrieved on 2011 01 02 Butcher Pat 25 October 2009 Kirwa breaks course record with 2 06 14 in Frankfurt IAAF Archived from the original on 1 January 2011 Retrieved 2 January 2011 Cartier Cyrille 2 January 2010 Lilesa and Bayisa lead Ethiopian sweep in Xiamen IAAF Retrieved 23 April 2016 Cartier Cyrille 2 January 2011 Kipchumba breaks course record at Xiamen Marathon IAAF Retrieved 23 April 2016 van Hemert Wim 10 April 2011 Chebet impresses with 2 05 27 victory in Rotterdam IAAF Retrieved 23 April 2016 Results October 2011 Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine AIMS Retrieved on 25 October 2011 2012 Gold Coast Airport Marathon GoldCoast com 1 July 2012 Archived from the original on 1 July 2012 Retrieved 1 July 2012 External links editAlemayehu Shumye at World Athletics nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alemayehu Shumye amp oldid 1184017899, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
