Adanech Zekiros

Zekiros Adanech (Ethiopian: ዘኪሮስ አዳነች; born 26 March 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. For her career, her personal bests were: 31:59.37 in the 10,000 metres in Sollentuna on 28 June 2005, 1:12.06 in the half marathon in Addis Ababa on 28 August 2005, and 2:27.32 in the marathon in Rotterdam on 13 April 2008.[1]

Zekiros Adanech
Personal information
Nationality Ethiopia
Born (1982-03-26) 26 March 1982
Ethiopia
Sport
SportRunning
Event(s)Marathon

In the 2004 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, Adanech finished 16th with a time of 1:13:50, at the time a personal best. After focusing on the 10,000 metres and half marathon early in her career, she moved to the full marathon in 2005. She ran in the Reims à Toutes Jambes and won in 2005 with a time of 2:35:55.[2] In 2006, she followed that up with an eighth place finish at the 2006 Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:36:48 and a third place finish at the 2006 Rome Marathon with a time of 2:27:38.[3] Adanech has won the Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon twice; in 2007, she won with a time of 2:31:43, and the following year she won with a time of 2:31:14, breaking the course record in the process.[4] Her last major race was the 2008 Rotterdam Marathon; she finished second with a personal-best time of 2:27.32.[3]

References
  1. "Zekiros Adanech". IAAF. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  2. "Reims-Marathon". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. 2005. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  3. "Marathon Records". Marathon Guide. 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  4. "Ethiopia's Adanech Zekiros wins the Arizona Marathon". Ethiopian Review. 14 January 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
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