Genet Getaneh

Genet Getaneh
Medal record
Women's athletics
Competitor for  Ethiopia
World Half Marathon Championships
2008 Rio de Janeiro Team

Genet Getaneh Wendimagegnehu (born 6 January 1986) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in half marathon and marathon competitions. She represented Ethiopia at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2007 and 2008, finishing fourth at the latter race. She is a two-time winner of the Great Ethiopian Run and won the 2010 Zevenheuvelenloop. She has a personal best of 2:25:38 hours for the marathon and 1:08:18 hours for the half marathon.

Career

Genet Getaneh grew up in Oromia Region's Arsi Zone in Ethiopia and began running in national level races as a teenager.[1] She was selected to represent Ethiopia at the 2004 Yokohama Women's Ekiden and, leading off on the first 5 km leg, she helped her country to win the race.[2] An individual win at the Great Ethiopian Run 10K in November established her among the top national level runners, as she ran a course record of 34:18 minutes and beat world-level medalist Teyba Erkesso and African champion Eyerusalem Kuma.[3] She narrowly finished behind both of them to take third at the Silvesterlauf Trier at the end of the year.

Genet ran a 10 km for Ethiopia at the 2005 Yokohama Ekiden, but Ethiopia came third on that occasion.[4] She had three wins over the 10K distance that year, taking the titles at the Stadsloop Appingedam and Run London races, then defending her title at the Ethiopian Run.[5] In 2006 she made her first track appearance abroad at the FBK Games, finishing well down the field over 5000 metres,[6] and had similar results at the Ethiopian Championships.[7] She attempted another defence at the Ethiopian Run, but came third,[8] and was runner-up at the end-of-year São Silvestre da Amadora.[9]

Genet was based in the Netherlands at the start of 2007: she was third at the Parelloop in April and set a 10,000 metres best of 32:09:50 minutes in Valkenswaard.[10][11] She moved up to longer distances and a third place at the Ethiopian 20 km Championship brought her selection for the 2007 IAAF World Road Running Championships.[12] On her half marathon debut she came 19th in the event with a run of 1:10:30 hours.[13] She ran at the Ethiopian Run for the fifth time in as many years and was fourth.[14] She was fifth at the 2008 Ethiopian cross country championships, but did not gain selection for the world championships.[15] However, she made her breakthrough in the half marathon that year. She was third at the Paris Half Marathon and her fourth place at the 2008 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships helped Ethiopia to the team title.[16][17][18] She had a personal best run of 1:08:18 hours to take second behind Aselefech Mergia at the New Delhi Half Marathon and this ranked her the fourth fastest in the world that year.[19]

Genet moved up to compete in the marathon in 2009 and performed well in her first outings, taking fifth place at both the Berlin Marathon and the Dubai Marathon with a personal best of 2:26:37 hours at the latter race.[20][21] The following year she competed at both marathons again and was eighth in Dubai but failed to finish in Berlin.[22][23] She had her best national finish over 10,000 m at the Ethiopian Championships, coming a close second to Amane Godana,[24] and ran a 15 km best of 47:54 minutes to beat Florence Kiplagat to the title at the Zevenheuvelenloop.[25] Her 2011 season comprised three marathon races. First she came seventh in Dubai,[26] then she managed fourth at the Vienna City Marathon.[27] A new personal best of 2:25:57 hours came at the Amsterdam Marathon, although this was only enough for fourth as the race winner Tiki Gelana broke the course record.[28] She made her American debut with a run at the 2012 Boston Marathon despite being among the early contenders she finished in eleventh place.[29][30] She reached the podium at the 2012 Amsterdam Marathon, taking third place with a personal best run of 2:25:38 hours.[31]

References

  1. ↑ Genet Getaneh Biography. Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  2. ↑ Ethiopia wins Yokohama International women’s Ekiden. IAAF (2004-02-22). Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  3. ↑ Negash, Elshadai (2004-11-28). Getaneh takes upset win at Great Ethiopian Run. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  4. ↑ Nakamura, Ken (2005-02-25). Japan wins Yokohama Ekiden. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  5. ↑ Negash, Elshadai (2005-11-25). Negussie, Getaneh the winners at the Great Ethiopian Run. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  6. ↑ 2006 FBK Games - Women's 5000 metres. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  7. ↑ Negash, Elshadai (2006-05-06). Ethiopian Championships, Day Three. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  8. ↑ Negash, Elshadai (2006-11-26). Merga completes domestic road hat-trick, Fekadu surprises at Great Ethiopian Run. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  9. ↑ Fernandes, Antonio Manuel (2007-01-02). Victories by Masai, Augusto highlight year-end races in Portugal. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  10. ↑ van Hemert, Wim (2007-04-01). Kogo just five seconds short of Gebrselassie’s 10km World record. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  11. ↑ van Hemert, Wim (2007-06-27). Tufa runs season's fastest 10,000m - 31:00:27. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  12. ↑ Negash, Elshadai (2007-08-20). Gezhagne and B. Bekele take Ethiopian 20km titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  13. ↑ Getaneh Genet. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  14. ↑ Negash, Elshadai (2007-11-27). Convincing victories for Kebede, Ayalew at Great Ethiopian Run. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  15. ↑ Negash, Elshadai (2008-02-10). Burka and Dinkessa take sprint victories in Ethiopian Cross Country Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  16. ↑ Vazel, Pierre Jean (2008-03-02). Kibiwot, Cheruyiot take Paris Half-Marathon titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  17. ↑ 2008 World Half Marathon Championships - Women's Team. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  18. ↑ Martin, David (2007-10-18). Kiplagat saunters to another staggering victory - Women's Race Report, Rio 2008. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  19. ↑ Three go sub-60, as Ethiopia sweep titles in Delhi Half Marathon. IAAF (2008-11-09). Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  20. ↑ Wenig, Jorg (2009-09-20). Gebrselassie takes fourth Berlin Marathon title. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  21. ↑ Butcher, Pat (2009-01-16). Despite heavy rains, Gebrselassie clocks 2:05:29 in Dubai. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  22. ↑ Butcher, Pat (2010-09-26). Makau and Kebede triumph in rainy Berlin. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  23. ↑ Butcher, Pat (2010-01-21). Gebrselassie fights off back pain and late race challenge to collect third Dubai victory. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  24. ↑ Negash, Elshadai (2010-05-03). Abdosh, G. Dibaba, and Utura produce the highlights at the Ethiopian Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  25. ↑ van Hemert, Wim (2010-11-21). Komon breaks World 15Km record in Nijmegen - UPDATED. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  26. ↑ Butcher, Pat (2010-01-21). Barmasai and Mergia fight headwind to take Dubai Marathon wins. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  27. ↑ Kiprotich and Tola the surprise winners in Vienna, Gebrselassie cruises 1:00:18 in the Half Marathon. IAAF (2010-04-17). Retrieved on 2012-05-12.
  28. ↑ van Hemert, Wim (2011-10-16). Chebet sizzles sub-2:06, course record for Gelana in Amsterdam. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-22.
  29. ↑ 2012 Boston Marathon Top Finishers. Boston Marathon. Retrieved on 2012-04-28.
  30. ↑ Huebner, Barbara (April 2012). It was a duel to the finish, as Kenya's Sharon Cherop unleashes kick on Boylston Street to pull away from Jelagat Sumgong. Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved on 2012-04-27.
  31. ↑ van Hemert, Wim (2012-10-21). Chebet and Hailu break course records in Amsterdam - REPORT. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-10.

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