Werknesh Kidane
Werknesh Kidane ( born November 21, 1981 in Tigray ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner.
Even as a junior, she joined an international appearance. In 1998 she took at the World Cross Country Championships 1998 in Marrakech third place in the race of the junior and sixth place at the Track World Junior Championships in Annecy in 5000 -meter run. At the World Cross Country Championships 1999 in Belfast, she was Junior World Champion.
At the World Athletics Championships in 1999 in Seville, she ran for the first time at a major international event in the adult area. However, over 5000 m they failed to reach the final. In 2000, she joined the World Cross Country Championships in Vilamoura again in the junior race, but was unable to repeat their earlier successes and took this time only the ninth. At the Olympic Games in Sydney she reached the seventh place in the 5000m.
At the World Indoor Championships in Lisbon in 2001 she finished ninth in the 3000 - meter race and at the World Cross Country Championships in the same year fifth on the short haul. At the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, she started back in the 5000 -meter run, but missed again the final.
In 2002 she won the silver medal on the short distance at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Dublin. This success could be repeated in Lausanne in the following year. There, she also won the gold medal at the long distance. You could round off the most successful season of her career at the World Championships in Paris / Saint- Denis. There she won the 10,000 -meter run in a personal best of 30:07,15 min the silver medal behind her compatriot Berhane Adere. At this time occupied with their time Kidane fourth place in the all-time best list over this distance. The Pan-African Games in Abuja in 2003, she won the silver medal in the 10,000 m.
At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, she finished fourth in the 10,000 -meter run. A few months earlier she had been on long-haul and fourth in the World Cross Country Championships in Brussels third parties on the short haul. 2005 in Saint- Galmier she repeated her placement on the long haul and also won the silver medal in the short track event. At the World Championships in Helsinki in 2005 she won the 10,000 m sixth. In the same year she won her debut over the half marathon distance the Rock ' n ' Roll Virginia Beach Half Marathon in 1:09:48 h after the end of the season they took a baby break.
In October 2008, she returned with a tenth place in the Great North Run in the match operation. In 2009, she finished fourth at the Prague Half Marathon, and in 2010 she won the Great Manchester Run. At the Olympic Games in London in 2012, she finished fourth in the 10,000 meters.
Werknesh Kidane is 1.58 m, weighs 41 kg and is managed by Global Athletics & Marketing. She is married to Gebregziabher Gebremariam and mother of two sons.