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Medal record
Women's Athletics
Competitor for Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
World Championships
Bronze 1999 Seville 5000 m
Bronze 2001 Edmonton 5000 m

Ayelech Worku (born June 12, 1979) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner most known for winning two World Championships bronze medals on the 5000 metres. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page The World Championships in Athletics is an event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page Long-distance track event races require runners to balance their energy The 5000 metres is a popular Running distance also known as a 5K or 5 km colloquially "five-K" She was born in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia province, the same region as double Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie. Arsi (or Arssi is one of the 12 zones of the Oromia Region in Ethiopia. Oromia (sometimes spelled Oromiya and spelled Oromiyaa in the Oromo language) is one of the nine ethnic divisions ( kililoch) of Haile Gebrselassie ( Ge'ez: ኃይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ haylē gebre silassē; born April 18 1973 is an Ethiopian long distance track

She has now turned to road racing, winning the 2007 edition of the Hamburg Marathon. Road racing can be a term involving Road running, road bicycle races, or Automobile races The Hamburg Marathon is an annual Marathon race over the classic distance of 42km and 195 metres held in the city of Hamburg, Germany.

Personal bests

Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Distance
1995 All-Africa Games Harare, Zimbabwe 2nd 5,000 metres
1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. 12th 5,000 metres
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 12th 5,000 metres
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 3rd 5,000 metres
All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa 1st 5,000 metres
2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia 4th 5,000 metres
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 3rd 5,000 metres

External reference

IAAF profile for Ayelech Worku

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Flag of Ethiopia Robe Tola		 Hamburg Women's Marathon Winner
2007		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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