Birtukan Adamu Explained

Birtukan Adamu
Birth Date:	29 April 1992
Sport:	Track and field
Event:	3000 metres steeplechase
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Birtukan Adamu Ali (born 29 April 1992) is an Ethiopian runner competing primarily in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented her country at the 2011 World Championships finishing twelfth. She is the current world junior record holder in the event.

Competition record

Representing
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3000 m s'chase	9:43.23
2011	African Junior Championships	Gaborone, Botswana	bgcolor=gold	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:53.80
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	12th	3000 m s'chase	10:05.10
	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	3rd	3000 m s'chase	10:02.22
2012	African Championships	Porto Novo, Benin	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3000 m s'chase	9:45.41
2016	African Championships	Durban, South Africa	5th	3000 m s'chase	9:50.52

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 3000 metres steeplechase – 9:20.37 (Rome 2011)

Indoor

• 3000 metres – 8:58.73 (Karlsruhe 2012)
• 5000 metres – 15:34.15 (Stockholm 2015)