Tariku Bekele

Tariku Bekele ( born January 21, 1987 in Bekoji ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was 2008 World Indoor Champion and won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in 2012.

Life

The younger brother of Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele has a steep climb to the world class behind. 1999 Tariku had started running in elementary school. He was admitted to a development project for young people in 2002. Already at the end of Tariku was celebrated in his homeland as the future course Hope Ethiopia.

He won the first major success then a year later at the Junior World Championships. In the 3000 - meter race, he won the silver medal. In 2004, he took in the same Championship over 5000 meters ( 13:30,86 min) the bronze medal. Also for international sports events, the then 17 -year-old Bekele proved his skills. He qualified for the IAAF World Athletics Final in Monte Carlo, finishing tenth there. After the end of this track season, Tariku joined the running group of his brother Kenenisa, which is coached by Tolosa Kotu.

His first championship is in the adult class followed then a year later. At the World Championships in Helsinki in 2005, he scored with 18 years in seventh place. The 5000 meters he managed in 13:34,76 min.

At the World Indoor Championships in 2006, he reached the sixth place over 3000 meters. In the outdoor season he went one last time at the Junior World Championships at the start. At the Championships in Beijing, he won over 5000 meters his first World Championship gold. The Ethiopians put it in the final sprint a final round of 56.2 seconds for the train. Thus he showed the same qualities as his brother, who also often wins by a very fast final round at nationals.

Bekele was also at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, unlike his brother back to the 5000 meters. With the fifth place he could his seventh place he had achieved in his World Cup debut two years earlier improve. 2008 Bekele was in Valencia World Indoor champion in the 3000 - meter course. At the Olympic Games in Beijing, he ran in the finals, who won his brother, to sixth place.

2010 Bekele was intercepted at the World Indoor Championships in the sprint and ended up in fourth place. At the Olympic Games in London in 2012, he won the bronze medal in the 10,000 meters.

Personal best

• 3000 m: 7:28,70 min 29 August, 2010 in Rieti Hall: 7:31,09 min, February 2, 2008 in Stuttgart