Sule Utura

Sule Utura
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 10,000 m

Gedo Sule Utura (born 8 February 1990 in Bore, Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian middle distance and long distance runner. She won the 5000 metres at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics and was third place in the 3000 metres at the World Youth Championships in the previous year.[1]

She began competing at road running events: she ran the second leg for the victorious Ethiopian team at the 2008 International Chiba Ekiden and won the BOclassic in 2009.[2] She was the bronze medallist over 5000 m at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships.[3] She took the 10K title at the Great Ethiopian Run in November 2010 in a time of 33:35 minutes and was second at that year's BOclassic behind Vivian Cheruiyot.[4][5]

She ran at the Trofeo Alasport cross country race in March 2011 and was narrowly beaten by Sylvia Kibet at the line.[6] In the absence of major national rivals, she easily won the 5000 m at the Ethiopian Athletics Championships, although the time was slow.[7] At the 2011 All-Africa Games she secured a 5000/10,000 m double.[8] At the start of the 2012 season she was runner-up at the Trofeo Alasport.[9]

  1. ^ Halford, Paul. "Utura and Storl highlight opening evening – IAAF World Junior Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  2. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (1 January 2010). "Three-peat for Soi in Bolzano". IAAF. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  3. ^ 2009 Africa Junior Athletics Championships – Full results. African Athletics (2 August 2009). Retrieved 30 September 2009.
  4. ^ Negash, Elshadai (22 November 2010). "Utura and A. Bekele take Great Ethiopian Run 10 km titles in Addis Ababa". IAAF. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  5. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (1 January 2011). "Merga and Cheruiyot take dramatic victories in Bolzano". IAAF. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  6. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (28 March 2011). "Another cross country win for World champion Merga - Alà dei Sardi report". IAAF. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  7. ^ Negash, Elshadai (8 May 2011). "Utura takes 5000m crown in Addis Ababa - Ethiopian champs, Days 3 and 4". IAAF. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  8. ^ Makori, Elias (15 September 2011). "From Daegu to Maputo, Jeylan and Montsho rule! - All Africa Games". IAAF. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  9. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (26 March 2012). "Kipkoech and Jepleting take close victories in Sardinia XC". IAAF. Retrieved 1 May 2016.