Hiwot Ayalew
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Hiwot Ayalew (born March 6, 1990 in Woreda Sekela , Amhara ) is an Ethiopian long-distance and obstacle runner .
In 2011 she was eleventh at the World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbría and won silver over 3000 m obstacle at the Pan-African Games in Maputo .
The following year she qualified over 3000 m obstacle for the Olympic Games in London , where she ran in fifth.
In 2013 she won silver in both the individual and team rankings at the World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz . Shortly thereafter, she finished second in the Crescent City Classic . At the World Athletics Championships in Moscow she was fourth over 3000 m obstacle.
Hiwot Ayalew is 1.72 m and weighs 50 kg. She is trained by Yohannes Mohammed and Bezuneh Yaye and starts for the team of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia . She has been married to the marathon runner Girma Tilahun since 2011. Her older sister Wude Ayalew is also a successful long-distance runner.
Best times
- 1500 m : 4: 11.16 min, September 1, 2013, Berlin
- 5000 m : 14: 49.36 min, June 9, 2011, Oslo
- 10K road run : 31:43 min, April 19, 2014, New Orleans
- 3000 m obstacle: 9: 09.61 min, June 7, 2012, Oslo
Web links
- Hiwot Ayalew in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Portrait ( memento from December 30, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) at IAAF - Focus on Athletes, March 27, 2013
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| SURNAME | Ayalew, Hiwot |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ethiopian long distance and obstacle runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Woreda Sekela , Amhara |