Habtamu Fikadu
Habtamu Fikadu (born March 13, 1988 in Shewa Province ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner .
He started his career as a sprinter and won bronze over 400 m at the Junior African Championships in 2005 . In 2006 he was sixth in the junior race of the World Cross Country Championships in Fukuoka and retired from the African Athletics Championships in Bambous over 400 m in the preliminary run.
The following year he won the Obudu mountain run . At the World Cross Country Championships in Edinburgh in 2008 he was ninth in the adult race and won silver with the Ethiopian team as well as at the World Cross Country Championships in Amman in 2009 , where he came fifth in the individual ranking.
With another victory at the Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race, he was 2009 for the first African champion in mountain running .
Personal bests
- 400 m: 46.79 s, May 29, 2006, Addis Ababa
- 3000 m : 7: 57.78 min, June 22, 2006, Algiers
- 5000 m : 13: 30.29 min, May 30, 2009, New York City
- 10,000 m : 27: 06.47 min, May 26, 2007, Hengelo
Web links
- Habtamu Fikadu in the database of World Athletics (English)
Footnotes
- ^ IAAF: Jeptoo, Awash cruise to Obudu Mountain victories ( Memento of November 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). November 24, 2007
- ^ IAAF: Ethiopian double at Obudu International ( Memento of December 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). December 1, 2009
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| SURNAME | Fikadu, Habtamu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ethiopian long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shewa Province |