Alemitu Tariku

Alemitu Tariku
nation	Ethiopia
birthday	28th September 2000 (age 19)
place of birth	Ethiopia
Career
discipline	Long distance running
status	active
Medal table
World Cross Country Championships 1 × 1 × 0 × Africa Games 0 × 0 × 1 × U20 African Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
World Cross Country Championships gold Aarhus 2019 U20 team silver Aarhus 2019 U20 singles  Africa Games bronze Rabat 2019 5000 m Junior African Championships gold Abidjan 2019 3000 m
last change: August 26, 2019

Alemitu Tariku (born September 28, 2000 ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner .

Athletic career

Alemitu Tariku gained her first international experience at the 2019 Cross Country World Championships in Aarhus , where she won the silver medal in the U20 category behind Kenyan Beatrice Chebet in 20:50 minutes and won the gold medal with the Ethiopian team. Then she won the 3000 meter run at the Junior African Championships in Abidjan in 9: 33.53 min. In August she won the bronze medal over 5000 meters at the Africa Games in Rabat in 15: 37.15 minutes behind the Kenyan Lilian Kasait Rengeruk and her compatriot Hawi Feysa .

Personal bests

• 3000 meters: 9: 33.53 min, April 16, 2019 in Abidjan
• 5000 meters: 15: 37.15 min, August 26, 2019 in Rabat

Web links

• Alemitu Tariku in the database of World Athletics (English)