Bereket Desta

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Bereket Desta Gebretsadik ( Amharic ደስታ በረከት; born May 23, 1990 in Sinkata , Ethiopia ) is an Ethiopian athlete.

Career

Bereket Desta is (as of 2012) three times Ethiopian champion in the 400 m run.

In 2010 he started for his country at the African Athletics Championships in Nairobi in the 400 m run and finished eighth in a time of 47.14 seconds. He started again at the 2012 African Championships in Porto-Novo , but was eliminated in the semi-finals.

At the Pan-African Games in Maputo in 2011 , he finished fourth over 400 m.

In 2012 he started at the Ostrava Golden Spike Meeting in the B run over 800 m and finished second in a time of 1: 48.13 minutes.

At the Olympic Games in London in 2012 , he started in the 400 m run, the first Ethiopian since 1956. He was seventh in his prelim in a time of 47.40 seconds and was eliminated.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Profile on sports-reference.com, accessed on February 19, 2015
  2. ↑ a b Article on ethiopianrun.org (English) accessed on February 19, 2015
  3. ↑ Results of the 2010 African Athletics Championships on dbresults.net accessed on February 19, 2015
  4. ↑ Results of the 2012 African Athletics Championships on resultcaa.org accessed on February 19, 2015
  5. ↑ Results over 400 m at the Pan African Games 2011 on todor66.com accessed on February 19, 2015
  6. ↑ Article on zlatatretra.cz ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed February 19, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zlatatretra.cz
personal data
SURNAME Desta, Bereket
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ethiopian athlete
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Sinkata