Birhanu Bekele
Birhanu Bekele (born April 20, 1981 ) is an Ethiopian marathon runner .
In 2009, he finished fifth in the Beijing Marathon . The following year he was sixth at the Xiamen Marathon , came 13th at the Paris Marathon and was eighth at the Half Marathon World Championships in Nanning for the bronze medal win of the Ethiopian team.
In 2011 he finished sixth in the Dubai Marathon and won the Florence Marathon .
Personal bests
- Half marathon : 1:01:28 h, October 16, 2010, Nanning
- Marathon: 2:09:41 h, October 18, 2009, Beijing
Web links
- Birhanu Bekele in the database of World Athletics (English)
Footnotes
- ^ IAAF: Bekele and Gigi lead Ethiopian sweep in Florence ( Memento of November 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). November 27, 2011
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| SURNAME | Bekele, Birhanu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ethiopian marathon runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1981 |