Habtamu Fikadu Explained

Habtamu Fikadu (born 13 March 1988 in Shewa) is an Ethiopian runner. He won the bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 2005 African Junior Athletics Championships.

He was the 2007 winner of the Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race, which brought him US$50,000 in prize money,^[1] and he repeated the feat two years later in 2009.^[2] He was runner-up at the 2010 competition, taking the silver medal for the African Mountain Running Championships.^[3]

Achievements

2006		Fukuoka, Japan	6th	Junior race
2008		Edinburgh, Scotland	9th	Senior race
			2nd	Team competition

Personal bests

• 400 metres - 46.79 s (2006)
• 3000 metres - 7:57.78 min (2006)
• 10,000 metres - 27:06.47 min (2007)

Notes and References

1. Hughes, Danny (2007-11-24). Jeptoo, Awash cruise to Obudu Mountain victories. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-12-05.
2. Ouma, Mark (2009-12-01). Ethiopian double at Obudu International. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-12-06.
3. http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58848.html Dinkesa and Melkamu take African Mountain Running titles