Workitu Ayanu Gurmu (born 19 April 1987, in Addis Ababa) is an Ethiopian runner who specializes in the 5000 metres.
Workitu started her career in the junior races at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finishing fourth in the junior women's race in 2004 and finishing sixth at both the 2005 and 2006 editions. She began running in road races in 2008 and she won the Egmond Half Marathon in 2009; her time of 1:16:33 was enough to beat Hilda Kibet to the finish line.[1] She competed in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships for the first time in 2009, and finished in 14th place overall. She ran a marathon personal best of 2:29:25 at the 2010 Paris Marathon, finishing in fifth place.[2]
As the 2010 edition had been cancelled, she attempted to defend her title at the 2011 Egmond Half Marathon. She came close to repeating the feat but ended up in second place, three seconds behind fellow Ethiopian Abebech Afework.[3] She was close to her best at the 2011 Rome City Marathon, recording a time of 2:29:37, which brought her sixth position overall.[4]
workitu, ayanu, gurmu, born, april, 1987, addis, ababa, ethiopian, runner, specializes, 5000, metres, workitu, started, career, junior, races, iaaf, world, cross, country, championships, finishing, fourth, junior, women, race, 2004, finishing, sixth, both, 200. Workitu Ayanu Gurmu born 19 April 1987 in Addis Ababa is an Ethiopian runner who specializes in the 5000 metres Workitu started her career in the junior races at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships finishing fourth in the junior women s race in 2004 and finishing sixth at both the 2005 and 2006 editions She began running in road races in 2008 and she won the Egmond Half Marathon in 2009 her time of 1 16 33 was enough to beat Hilda Kibet to the finish line 1 She competed in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships for the first time in 2009 and finished in 14th place overall She ran a marathon personal best of 2 29 25 at the 2010 Paris Marathon finishing in fifth place 2 As the 2010 edition had been cancelled she attempted to defend her title at the 2011 Egmond Half Marathon She came close to repeating the feat but ended up in second place three seconds behind fellow Ethiopian Abebech Afework 3 She was close to her best at the 2011 Rome City Marathon recording a time of 2 29 37 which brought her sixth position overall 4 Contents 1 Achievements 1 1 Personal bests 2 References 3 External linksAchievements EditYear Competition Venue Position Event NotesRepresenting nbsp Ethiopia2006 World Junior Championships Beijing China 7th 5000 m 15 50 892007 All Africa Games Algiers Algeria 6th 5000 m 5 15 33 272009 Egmond Half Marathon Egmond Netherlands 1st Half Marathon 1 16 33Personal bests Edit 1500 metres 4 19 03 min 2005 3000 metres 8 48 65 min 2006 5000 metres 14 50 15 min 2007 10 000 metres 31 59 94 min 2005 Half marathon 1 10 13 hrs 2010 Marathon 2 29 25 hrs 2010 References Edit van Hemert Wim 12 January 2009 Strong winds destroys hopes of fast times in Egmond Half Marathon IAAF Retrieved on 2010 04 11 Vazel Pierre Jean 11 April 2010 2 22 03 World lead for Baysa Tola improves to 2 06 37 Paris Marathon report IAAF Retrieved on 2010 04 11 van Hemert Wim 10 January 2011 Abshero and Afework score Ethiopian double in Egmond aan Zee IAAF Retrieved on 2011 01 10 Sampaolo Diego 20 March 2011 Dado takes third straight Rome title as Chumba surprises IAAF Retrieved on 2011 03 20 2007 All Africa Games women s 5000 m finalExternal links EditWorkitu Ayanu at World Athletics nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to Ethiopian athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Workitu Ayanu amp oldid 1169598016, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
