Mulugeta Wami

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Mulugeta Wami (born 17 July 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He has a personal best of 2:07:11 hours for the distance. He was the 2013 winner of the Ljubljana Marathon.

Born in Addis Ababa,[1] he is the brother of Gete Wami, the 1999 world champion and 2000 Olympic runner-up in the 10,000 metres.[2] His first outing over the marathon distance came at the 2006 Amsterdam Marathon, where he finished ninth with a time of 2:13:19 hours.[3] He improved to 2:11:47 hours at the following year's Eindhoven Marathon, taking fifth place[4] In 2008 he won the Egmond Half Marathon, but managed only a14th-place finish at the Beijing Marathon.[1]

Mulugeta continued to improve over the marathon in 2009, first running 2:10:49 at the Los Angeles Marathon (fourth overall) then taking the Chuncheon Marathon title in a time of 2:09:50 hours.[5] He returned to defend his Egmond Half title, but only managed a fifth-place finish.[6] Two more bests came at the start of 2008 as he timed 59:55 minutes for fifth at the 20 van Alphen road race and 2:08:32 at the Paris Marathon, finishing sixth overall.[7] He also failed to retain his title in Chuncheon, managing a lacklustre 2:13:07 hours.[8] He was only marginally faster (2:12:55) at the JoongAng Seoul Marathon – his only race of 2011.[9]

Although he was sixth at the 2012 Amsterdam Marathon, he achieved a best of 2:07:11 hours.[10] A run of 2:10:40 was only enough for tenth at the 2013 Seoul International Marathon, but his first victory over the distance followed at the lower profile Ljubljana Marathon in October.[11]

  1. ^ a b "2009 LA Marathon Guide" (PDF). Los Angeles Marathon. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Wami en Deriba winnaars in Egmond, Butter en Borst leveren knappe prestatie" (in Dutch). Losse Veter. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  3. ^ van Hemert, Wim (15 October 2006). "Narrow win for Busendich in Amsterdam". IAAF. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  4. ^ van Hemert, Wim (14 October 2007). "Philip Singoei wins 24th Eindhoven Marathon in course record 2:07:57". IAAF. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  5. ^ Mulugeta Wami. Tilastopaja. Retrieved 28 October 2013. Archived 26 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ van Hemert, Wim (12 January 2009). "Strong winds destroys hopes of fast times in Egmond Half Marathon". IAAF. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  7. ^ Vazel, Pierre-Jean (11 April 2010). "2:22:04 World lead for Baysa, Tola improves to 2:06:41 - Paris Marathon report". IAAF. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  8. ^ Jalava, Mirko (24 October 2010). "Kiptoo smashes Chuncheon record with 2:07:54 victory". IAAF. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  9. ^ Kurdyumova, Yelena; Porada, Sergey (6 November 2011). "Kwambai beats the rain and chill in Seoul". IAAF. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  10. ^ van Hemert, Wim (2012-10-21). Chebet and Hailu break course records in Amsterdam - REPORT. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-28.
  11. ^ "Chepkwony beats the breeze in Ljubljana". IAAF. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.