Ayele Abshero

Ayele Abshero at the 2012 Olympic Marathon

Ayele Abshero (born December 28, 1990 in Yeboba ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner .

He made his first international appearance at the junior race of the Cross Country World Championships in 2008 , where he won silver. In autumn he won the Zevenheuvelenloop over 15 km.

In 2009 he won gold in the junior race of the Cross Country World Championships in Amman and came third in the Montferland Run .

In 2010 he came in 24th place at the senior cross-country championships in Bydgoszcz . A victory in the Hemmeromloop was followed by a third place in the Zevenheuvelenloop.

In 2011 he won the Egmond Half Marathon and came fourth in the CPC Loop Den Haag .

At the beginning of the 2012 season, he set a course record in the Dubai Marathon . His time of 2:04:23 h was the fastest ever debut over the 42.195 km distance. In the spring, he won the Yangzhou Jianzhen Half Marathon .

His brother Tessema Absher is a successful marathon runner.

Personal bests

3000 m : 7: 40.08 min, July 18, 2010, Tangier
5000 m : 13: 11.38 min, June 1, 2009, Hengelo
10,000 m : 27: 48.84 min, June 3, 2011, Eugene
10K road run : 27:56 min, May 20, 2012, Manchester

15 km road run : 42:02 min, 2 1. November 2010, Nijmegen

20 km road run : 56:45 min, March 13, 2011, The Hague

Half marathon : 59:42 min, March 13, 2011, The Hague

25 km road race : 1:13:17 h, October 13, 2013, Chicago

30 km road race : 1:27:50 h, April 21, 2013, London

Marathon : 2:04:23 h, January 27, 2012, Dubai

Web links

Commons : Ayele Abshero - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Ayele Abshero in the database of World Athletics (English)

Footnotes

↑ IAAF: Abshero reaches the top step of the podium this time - Amman 2009 ( Memento from March 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). March 28, 2009
^ IAAF: Abshero and Afework score Ethiopian double in Egmond aan Zee ( Memento from January 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). January 10, 2011
↑ IAAF: Abshero stuns with 2:04:23 debut, Mergia clocks 2:19:31 in Dubai . January 27, 2012
^ IAAF: Abshero and Ongori take Half Marathon victories in Yangzhou . April 30, 2012
^ IAAF: With brother and Gebrselassie as inspiration, Abshero rises in the ranks ( Memento of March 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). March 29, 2009

personal data
SURNAME	Abshero, Ayele
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ethiopian long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH	December 28, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH	Yeboba

[1] IAAF: Abshero reaches the top step of the podium this time - Amman 2009 ( Memento from March 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). March 28, 2009

[2] IAAF: Abshero and Afework score Ethiopian double in Egmond aan Zee ( Memento from January 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). January 10, 2011

[3] IAAF: Abshero stuns with 2:04:23 debut, Mergia clocks 2:19:31 in Dubai . January 27, 2012

[4] IAAF: Abshero and Ongori take Half Marathon victories in Yangzhou . April 30, 2012

[5] IAAF: With brother and Gebrselassie as inspiration, Abshero rises in the ranks ( Memento of March 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). March 29, 2009