Berhane Adere Explained

Berhane Adere
Fullname:Berhane Adere Debala
Birth Date:21 July 1973
Birth Place:Shewa, Ethiopia
Country:Ethiopia
Sport:Track and field
Event:Long-distance running

Berhane Adere Debala (Ge'ez: ብርሀኔ አደሬ born 21 July 1973)[1] is a retired Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialised in the 10,000 metres and half marathon. She won the gold medal in the 10,000 m at the 2003 World Championships and silver medals in the event at the 2001 and 2005 World Championships. Berhane claimed gold and silver for the 3,000 metres at the 2003 and 2004 World Indoor Championships, respectively. Her medal in 2003 was Ethiopia’s first world indoor medal in a women’s event. At the half marathon, she was the world champion in 2002, took silver in 2003 and bronze in 2001. She won the Chicago Marathon in 2006 and 2007.

Berhane held the world indoor record for the 3,000 m, set in 2002, which was the first sub-8:30 mark run by a woman indoors and the first world indoor record in a distance event by an Ethiopian woman. She also held the world indoor record in the 5,000 m, set in 2004.[2]

Berhane works for UNICEF as a goodwill ambassador for girls' education.

Career

Berhane held the African record for the 10,000 metres in a time of 30:04.18, set at the 2003 World Championships, where she won gold. Her record was broken at the 2008 Beijing Olympics by Tirunesh Dibaba, who became the first African woman to run under 30 minutes in the event.

She won the 2006 Chicago Marathon with a personal best time of 2:20:42. She won the Chicago Marathon again in 2007[3] and the Dubai Marathon on 18 January 2008.[4] Berhane also claimed victory in the 2007 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon.

She was the top female finisher in the 2010 Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Marathon, in which she recorded the fastest ever half marathon on American soil with a time of 1:07:52, breaking her previous best by over 25 seconds.[5] At age 36, that should also be the Masters world record.[6] She saw off a challenge from Ana Dulce Félix to win at the Great North Run in September, completing the half marathon in 1:08:49.[7] In 2012, she had two races, both in October in Britain, where she was runner-up at the Great Birmingham Run and third at the Great South Run.[8]

Achievements

International competitions

1991World Cross Country ChampionshipsAntwerp, Belgium34thXC 6425 m21:30
bgcolor=silver2ndTeam36 pts
1992World Cross Country ChampionshipsBoston, United States38thXC 6370 m22:19
3rdTeam96 pts
1993African ChampionshipsDurban, South Africabgcolor=gold1st10,000 m32:48.52
World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany27th (h)10,000 m33:20.62
1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden22nd (h)10,000 m33:14.76
1996World Cross Country ChampionshipsStellenbosch, South Africa10thXC 6300 m20:37
bgcolor=silver2ndTeam44 pts
Olympic GamesAtlanta, GA, United States18th10,000 m32:57.35
1997World Cross Country ChampionshipsTurin, Italy14thXC 6600 m21:37
bgcolor=gold1stTeam24 pts
World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece4th10,000 m31:48.95
1998African ChampionshipsDakar, Senegalbgcolor=gold1st5000 m15:54.31
World CupJohannesburg, South Africa3rd5000 m16:38.81
1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain7th10,000 m31:32.51 PB
2000World Cross Country ChampionshipsVilamoura, Portugal14thXC 8080 m27:11
bgcolor=gold1stTeam20 pts
Olympic GamesSydney, Australia12th10,000 m31:40.52
2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Australiabgcolor=silver2nd10,000 m31:48.85
World Half Marathon ChampionshipsBristol, United Kingdom3rdIndividual1:08:17 PB
3rdTeam3:30:20
2002World Half Marathon ChampionshipsBrussels, Belgiumbgcolor=gold1stIndividual1:09:06
3rdTeam3:30:58
African ChampionshipsRadès, Tunisiabgcolor=gold1st5000 m15:51.08
World CupMadrid, Spainbgcolor=gold1st3000 m8:50.88
2003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdombgcolor=gold1st3000 m8:40.25
World ChampionshipsSaint-Denis, France10th5000 m14:58.07
bgcolor=gold1st10,000 m30:04.18 CR
World Half Marathon ChampionshipsVilamoura, Portugalbgcolor=silver2ndIndividual1:09:02
4thTeam3:36:37
2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungarybgcolor=silver2nd3000 m9:11.43
2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finlandbgcolor=silver2nd10,000 m30:25.41
2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China–Marathon
World Marathon Majors
2006London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom4thMarathon2:21:52
Chicago MarathonChicago, IL, United Statesbgcolor=gold1stMarathon2:20:42
2007Chicago MarathonChicago, IL, United Statesbgcolor=gold1stMarathon2:33:49
2008London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom7thMarathon2:27:42
2009London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom5thMarathon2:25:30
Chicago MarathonChicago, IL, United States3rdMarathon2:28:38

Personal bests

Road

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Berhane ADERE – Athlete Profile . . 1 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Turnbull . Simon . 3 February 2023 . Remembering the late-blooming Adere's remarkable indoor debut . 3 February 2023 . World Athletics.
  3. News: Litsky. Frank. 8 October 2007. The New York Times. A Hot Day in Chicago Yields Two Close Finishes.
  4. News: Butcher . Pat. Second fastest of all time for Gebre in Dubai Marathon. IAAF. 8 January 2008. 29 April 2016.
  5. News: Cruz. Dan. 1 March 2010. Adere clocks 1:07:52, Lel beats Wanjiru at New Orleans Half Marathon. IAAF. 29 April 2016.
  6. Web site: Archived copy . 2017-08-07 . 2017-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170807114417/http://www.world-masters-athletics.org/records/outdoorhalfmarathonbests.pdf . dead .
  7. News: Butcher . Michael . 19 September 2010 . Gebrselassie and Adere take Great North Run titles . IAAF . 19 September 2010 . 21 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100921191530/http://www.iaaf.org/LRR10/news/newsid%3D58354.html . dead .
  8. News: Martin. David. 21 October 2012. Kogo defeats Kuma in Birmingham thriller - REPORT. IAAF. 10 February 2013.

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