Aberu Kebede

Aberu Kebede at the Berlin Marathon 2015

Aberu Kebede (born September 12, 1989 in Shewa ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner .

Her first big success was winning the Stramilano half marathon in 2009. Shortly thereafter, she became Ethiopian champion over 10,000 m .

In autumn, she won bronze at the Half Marathon World Championships in Birmingham in 1:07:39 h, just one second behind Philes Moora Ongori , who was second , and silver in the team standings. She came third in the Delhi Half Marathon .

In 2010, on her debut over the 42.195 km distance, she was second in the Dubai Marathon in 2:24:26 h. In the same year, Kebede won the Rotterdam marathon in 2:25:29 h and the Berlin marathon in 2:23:58 h. In 2012 Kebede was able to repeat her victory at the Berlin Marathon. She ran a personal best in 2:20:30 h.

In 2013 she won the Tokyo Marathon in 2:25:34 hours. On October 26, 2014, she won the Frankfurt Marathon in 2:22:21 h. Two years later she was successful again in Berlin with a time of 2:20:45 hours.

Personal bests

• 3000 m : 9: 19.5 min, April 17, 2006, Djibouti
• 10,000 m: 30: 48.26 min, June 14, 2009, Utrecht
• Half marathon : 1:07:39 h, October 11, 2009, Birmingham
• Marathon : 2:20:30 h, September 30, 2012, Berlin

Web links

Commons : Aberu Kebede  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Aberu Kebede in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr

Individual evidence

1. ^ IAAF: Kimugul and Kebede take Stramilano Half Marathon titles ( Memento of April 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). April 5, 2009
2. ^ IAAF: Ahmed and Kebede sprint for victory - Ethiopian Championships Days 3 and 4 ( Memento from June 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). May 3, 2009
3. ^ IAAF: Makau and Kebede triumph in rainy Berlin ( Memento from October 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). September 26, 2010
4. ↑ Athletics: Top favorite Geoffrey Mutai wins the Berlin Marathon ( memento of the original from November 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at rbb-online.de, September 30, 2012 (accessed December 2, 2012).