Addis Abebe

Addis Abebe ( born September 5, 1970) is a retired Ethiopian long-distance runner.

Internationally, he first drew attention to himself in Sudbury when he won the title in the 10,000 -meter run and the bronze medal in the 5000 - meter race at the IAAF World Junior Championships in 1988. The following year he won the junior race at the World Cross Country Championships in Stavanger and began to establish itself then also in the adult area. At the Track - Africa Championships in Lagos, he won the 10,000 m and finished second in the 5000m. In the African Championships in Cairo in 1990 he also won a bronze medal in the 10,000 meter race.

After Abebe had reached at the World Athletics Championships 1991 in Tokyo only number 13 in the 10,000 - meter race, he celebrated a year later at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, ​​probably the most important medal win of his career. About 10,000 m he finished third behind Khalid Skah and Richard Chelimo. At the end of the season won Abebe the Athletics World Cup in Havana.

In January 1993, Abebe wrote headlines when he won a 10-kilometer road race in Jakarta while aufstellte 27:40 with a world record over this distance min. Thus he earned in one fell swoop $ 500,000 in prize money for that time an exorbitant sum in running. Abebe had financially secure and dipped only sporadically in road racing in Europe. In the World Half Marathon Championships in 1998 in Uster, he finished in 29th place in the individual competition and won the bronze medal in the team competition.

Bests

  • 5000 m: 13:17,61 min, June 30, 1992, Helsinki
  • 10,000 m: 27:17,82 min, June 29, 1989, Helsinki
  • Half Marathon: 1:02:40 h, September 27, 1998 Uster
Long-distance running Summer Olympic Games 1989 African Championships in Athletics 1990 African Championships in Athletics 5000 metres 1989 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 1991 World Championships in Athletics 1998 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
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