Sentayehu Ejigu
Sentayehu Ejigu (born June 21, 1985 in Debre Markos ) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner .
The third of the Youth World Championships in 2001 in the 1,500 meter run lasted for the first time over 5,000 m under 15 minutes the following year . In 2004 it increased to 14: 35.18 min and was tenth at the Olympic Games in Athens . After that she was plagued with ankle and calf pain for a long time; nevertheless she was fourth over 3000 m at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow in 2006 . Since she looked after a sick sister until her death in October 2007, she put her career on hold and only started training again in 2008.
In 2009 she was fourth in the 5000 m at the World Championships in Berlin . The following year she won bronze over 3000 m at the World Indoor Championships in Doha and over 5000 m at the African Athletics Championships in Nairobi .
In 2011 she won the World's Best 10K .
She is the tenth of eleven siblings and comes from a merchant family. Her running talent was discovered at school and she moved to Addis Ababa in the late 1990s . There she joined the Banks association, where she met her future husband, the middle-distance runner Berhanu Alemu .
Best times
- 1500 m: 4: 15.89 min, July 13, 2001, Debrecen
- 3000 m: 8: 28.41 min, July 22, 2010, Monaco
- Hall: 8: 25.27 min, February 6, 2010, Stuttgart
- 5000 m: 14: 28.39 min, July 16, 2010, Saint-Denis
- Hall: 14: 46.80 min, February 10, 2010, Stockholm
- 10 km road run : 31:50 min, February 27, 2011, San Juan
Web links
- Sentayehu ejigu in the database of World Athletics (English)
Footnotes
- ↑ IAAF: Kitwara regains title, Ejigu notches victorious 10km debut in San Juan ( Memento of March 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). February 28, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ejigu, Sentayehu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ethiopian long distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Debre Markos |