| Amedework Walelegn | |
| Birth Date: | 11 March 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Ethiopia |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Event: | Half marathon |
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Amedework Walelegn (born March 11, 1999) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. In 2016, he finished 4th in the 10,000m at the IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz.[1]
Walelegn finished 2nd and won the silver medal at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in the Junior Men's race.[2] He won the Istanbul Half Marathon in 2018, breaking the Istanbul Half record.[3] In the same year, Walelegn finished 2nd in the New Delhi Half Marathon while also setting a new personal best at 59:22. At the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships, Walelegn finished 3rd and set a PB with a time of 59:08.[4]
At the 2020 New Delhi Half Marathon, Walelegn won with a time of 58:53, breaking his own personal best and the course's record.[5] It was also the 23rd fastest half marathon ever recorded at the time.
The following statistics are from the IAAF.
| 2016 | IAAF World U20 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 4th | 10,000m | 28:00.14 (PB) | |
| 2017 | IAAF World Cross Country Championships | Kampala, Uganda | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | Junior Men's Race | 22:43 |
| 2020 | World Athletics Half Marathon Championships | Gdynia, Poland | 3rd | Half Marathon | 59:08 (PB) |