Abadi Hadis Explained

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Abadi Hadis
Nationality:Ethiopian
Birth Date:6 November 1997
Death Place:Mekelle, Ethiopia
Height:170 cm
Weight:63 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:3000m - half marathon
Pb:3000 m – 7:39.10 (2015)
5000 m – 12:56.27 (2018)
10,000 m – 26:56.46 (2019)
Half marathon – 58:44 (2018)[1]

Abadi Hadis (6 November 1997 – 4 February 2020) was an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He placed 15th over 10,000 metres at the 2016 Olympics.[2]

He won a bronze medal at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He is one of just five men in history to have bettered 13 minutes for 5000m, 27 minutes for 10,000m and 59 minutes for the half marathon.

Hadis died in February 2020 at the age of 22 while being treated in a hospital for an unspecified illness.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ethiopia/abadi-hadis-302471 Abadi Hadis
  2. Web site: Abadi Hadis . rio2016.com . 13 August 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806031148/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/abadi-embaye . 6 August 2016 .
  3. Web site: Ethiopian distance runner Hadis dies . 2020-02-05 . worldathletics.org . 2020-02-05.