- Berhane Adere
Berhane Adere (Ge'ez:ብርሀኔ አደሬ born
July 21 ,1973 inShewa ) is an athlete fromEthiopia .She held the African record for 10,000 m in a time of 30:04.18 set at the 2003 World Championships, where she won Gold. The African record was broken at the 2008 Olympics by
Tirunesh Dibaba , who became the first African to run under 30 minutes.She won the
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2002, and the bronze medal in the 2001 World Half Marathon Championships.She won the 2003 World Indoors 3000 m.
She won the 2006 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon with a personal best time of 2:20:42.
She works for
UNICEF as agoodwill ambassador forgirls' education .She won the
Chicago Marathon again in 2007 [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/sports/othersports/08marathon.html?ref=sports A Hot Day in Chicago Yields Two Close Finishes] ] and theDubai Marathon on18 January ,2008 . [ [http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=42929.html iaaf.org - Second fastest of all time for Gebre in Dubai Marathon ] ]Notes
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* [http://www.bob-photos.com/gallery/v/halvemarathonrdam07/21rdam07_105.jpg.html Berhane Adere in the half marathon in Rotterdam 2007]
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