Alemitu Bekele (athlete, 1976)

Alemitu Bekele (born August 22, 1976 ) is a Belgian long-distance runner of Ethiopian origin.

In 1997 she won the Tiberias Marathon and came 44th in the marathon of the World Athletics Championships in Athens . At the 1999 World Half Marathon Championships in Palermo, she finished 36th.

In 2000 she applied for asylum in Belgium . In 2001 and 2002 she won the Bruges Marathon and in 2002 the Baden Marathon . In 2003 and 2006 she won the Maas Marathon, and in 2005 she was fifth in the Amsterdam Marathon .

In 2007 she received Belgian citizenship. The following year she became national champion over 10,000 m , in the half marathon and in the marathon. In third place overall in the Eindhoven Marathon , she was also Benelux Marathon Champion.

In 2009 she was fourth in the Zurich Marathon and in 2010 seventh in the Hamburg Marathon .

Personal bests

• 10,000 m: 34: 59.45 min, August 30, 2004, Zele
• Half marathon: 1:15:27 h, October 3, 1999, Palermo
• Marathon: 2:34:58 h, April 29, 2009, Zurich

Web links

• ( http://www.alemitubekele.be/ ( Memento of November 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) ) (French)
• Alemitu Bekele in the database of World Athletics (English)