Mulugeta Wami

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Mulugeta Wami (born 17 July 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He has a personal best of 2:07:11 hours for the distance. He was the 2013 winner of the Ljubljana Marathon.

Born in Addis Ababa,[1] he is the brother of Gete Wami, the 1999 world champion and 2000 Olympic runner-up in the 10,000 metres.[2] His first outing over the marathon distance came at the 2006 Amsterdam Marathon, where he finished ninth with a time of 2:13:19 hours.[3] He improved to 2:11:47 hours at the following year's Eindhoven Marathon, taking fifth place[4] In 2008 he won the Egmond Half Marathon, but managed only 14th at the Beijing Marathon.[1]

Mulugeta continued to improve over the marathon in 2009, first running 2:10:49 at the Los Angeles Marathon (fourth overall) then taking the Chuncheon Marathon title in a time of 2:09:50 hours.[5] He returned to defend his Egmond Half title, but managed only fifth on that occasion.[6] Two more bests came at the start of 2008 as he timed 59:55 minutes for fifth at the 20 van Alphen road race and 2:08:32 at the Paris Marathon, finishing sixth overall.[7] He also failed to retain his title in Chuncheon, managing a lacklustre 2:13:07 hours.[8] He was only marginally faster (2:12:55) at the JoongAng Seoul Marathon – his only race of 2011.[9]

Although he was sixth at the 2012 Amsterdam Marathon, he achieved a best of 2:07:11 hours.[10] A run of 2:10:40 was only enough for tenth at the 2013 Seoul International Marathon, but his first victory over the distance followed at the lower profile Ljubljana Marathon in October.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 2009 LA Marathon Guide. Los Angeles Marathon. Retrieved on 2013-10-28.
  2. ↑ Wami en Deriba winnaars in Egmond, Butter en Borst leveren knappe prestatie (Dutch). Losse Veter (2008-01-13). Retrieved on 2013-10-28.
  3. ↑ van Hemert, Wim (2006-10-15). Narrow win for Busendich in Amsterdam. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-28.
  4. ↑ van Hemert, Wim (2007-10-14). Philip Singoei wins 24th Eindhoven Marathon in course record 2:07:57. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-28.
  5. ↑ Mulugeta Wami. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-10-28.
  6. ↑ van Hemert, Wim (2009-01-12). Strong winds destroys hopes of fast times in Egmond Half Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-28.
  7. ↑ Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2010-04-11). 2:22:04 World lead for Baysa, Tola improves to 2:06:41 - Paris Marathon report. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-28.
  8. ↑ Jalava, Mirko (2010-10-24). Kiptoo smashes Chuncheon record with 2:07:54 victory. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-28.
  9. ↑ Kurdyumova, Yelena & Porada, Sergey (2011-11-06). Kwambai beats the rain and chill in Seoul. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-28.
  10. ↑ van Hemert, Wim (2012-10-21). Chebet and Hailu break course records in Amsterdam - REPORT. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-28.
  11. ↑ Chepkwony beats the breeze in Ljubljana. IAAF (2013-10-27). Retrieved on 2013-10-28.

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