Global Information Lookup Global Information

Ayelech Worku information


Ayelech Worku
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Ayelech Worku Ethiopia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Seville 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Edmonton 5000 m
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Johannesburg 5000 m
Silver medal – second place 1995 Harare 5000 m

Ayelech Worku (born June 12, 1979) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, most known for winning two World Championships bronze medals on the 5000 metres. She was born in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia province, the same region as double Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie.

Worku began competing at a young age: she won the 5000 m silver medal at the 1995 All-Africa Games when she was sixteen years old and won the event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics. She gained selection for her first Olympics soon after and took part in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. She finished twelfth in the 5000 m final but she was Ethiopia's best performer in the event. She attended her first World Championships in Athletics shortly after and finished 12th in the 5000 m.

She began to make progress in cross country running, taking the junior bronze at the 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships before helping Ethiopia to the team silver at the 1998 edition and then the team gold with a fourth-place finish in the long race at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She finished third in the 1999–2000 IAAF World Cross Challenge. A ninth place at the 2000 World Championships competition brought yet another team gold for Ethiopia.

Individual medals came at track competitions: she recorded a 5000 m personal best to take the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. Soon after, she scored the gold medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games. Worku made her second Olympic appearance at the 2000 Sydney Games, where she finished in fourth place in the 5000 m behind compatriot Gete Wami. Worku reached the world podium at the next event however by repeating her 5000 m bronze medal feat of two years previous at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. She finished a close second behind Derartu Tulu in the 10,000 metres at the 2001 Goodwill Games.

Worku began to compete in road running competitions after 2002, winning the 2003 Montferland Run and the 2007 edition of the Hamburg Marathon.

and 21 Related for: Ayelech Worku information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8108 seconds.)

Ayelech Worku

Last Update:

Ayelech Worku (born June 12, 1979) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, most known for winning two World Championships bronze medals on the 5000 metres...

Word Count : 381

Worku

Last Update:

Worku (Amharic: ወርቁ) is a male name of Ethiopian origin that may refer to: Asnaketch Worku (1935–2011), Ethiopian female singer Ayelech Worku (born 1979)...

Word Count : 101

Tirunesh Dibaba

Last Update:

O'Sullivan 1-0 Werknesh Kidane 1-2 Meseret Defar 0-0 Aberu Kebede 0-0 Ayelech Worku 0-0 Berhane Adere 0-0 Bezunesh Bekele 0-0 Derartu Tulu (cousin) 0-0...

Word Count : 7811

5000 metres

Last Update:

Szabo (ROU)  Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)  Ayelech Worku (ETH) 2001 Edmonton details  Olga Yegorova (RUS)  Marta Dominguez (ESP)  Ayelech Worku (ETH) 2003 Saint-Denis details...

Word Count : 1405

2001 World Championships in Athletics

Last Update:

details Olga Yegorova  Russia 15:03.39 Marta Domínguez  Spain 15:06.59 Ayelech Worku  Ethiopia 15:10.17 10,000 m details Derartu Tulu  Ethiopia 31:48.81...

Word Count : 493

1999 World Championships in Athletics

Last Update:

Gabriela Szabo  Romania 14:41.82 (CR) Zahra Ouaziz  Morocco 14:43.15 Ayelech Worku  Ethiopia 14:44.22 (PB) 10,000 m details Gete Wami  Ethiopia 30:24.56...

Word Count : 237

List of Ethiopian Athletics Championships winners

Last Update:

Jelela 1995: Ayelech Worku 1996: Luchia Yishak 1997: Merima Denboba 1998: Getenesh Urge 1999: Ayelech Worku 2000: Gete Wami 2001: Ayelech Worku 2002: ? 2003:...

Word Count : 1579

5000 metres at the World Athletics Championships

Last Update:

Szabo (ROU)  Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)  Ayelech Worku (ETH) 2001 Edmonton details  Olga Yegorova (RUS)  Marta Dominguez (ESP)  Ayelech Worku (ETH) 2003 Saint-Denis details...

Word Count : 1013

List of world records in athletics

Last Update:

Feb 1998 Beijing  CHN 2:16:04.00 Wo Genet Gebregiogios Birhane Adere Ayelech Worku Gete Wami Getenesh Urge Luchia Yischak  ETH 13 Apr 1996 Copenhagen  DEN...

Word Count : 9021

IAAF World Road Relay Championships

Last Update:

Iulia Negură 2:19:18 1996  Ethiopia Genet Gebregiorgis Birhane Adere Ayelech Worku Gete Wami Getenesh Urge Luchia Yishak 2:16:04 CR  Romania Iulia Ionescu...

Word Count : 379

1996 IAAF World Road Relay Championships

Last Update:

bronze position throughout the race but a strong final leg by Ethiopia's Worku Bikila resulted in a time of 2:01:50 hours, putting clear distance between...

Word Count : 352

1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

Last Update:

women (4.689 km) Rose Kosgei  Kenya 14:58 Prisca Ngetich  Kenya 14:59 Ayelech Worku  Ethiopia 15:02 Team Senior men  Kenya 51  Morocco 70  Ethiopia 125...

Word Count : 792

Montferland Run

Last Update:

Bezunesh Bekele  Ethiopia 48:35 8th 2003 Richard Yatich  Kenya 43:20 Ayelech Worku  Ethiopia 50:58 7th 2002 William Kipsang  Kenya 44:33 Restituta Joseph...

Word Count : 391

1995 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

Last Update:

14:27 9 Elizabeth Cheptanui  Kenya 14:28 10 Pamela Chepchumba  Kenya 14:31 11 Ayelech Worku  Ethiopia 14:33 12 Chiemi Takahashi  Japan 14:39 Full results...

Word Count : 589

Ethiopia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Last Update:

metres 15:08.62 3 Q — 14:47.40 7 Gete Wami 15:08.92 5 Q — 14:42.23 Ayelech Worku 15:13.26 13 Q — 14:42.67 4 Berhane Adere 10,000 metres 32:34.62 11 Q...

Word Count : 199

1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

Last Update:

13:59 9 Elizabeth Cheptanui  Kenya 14:00 10 Caroline Tarus  Kenya 14:04 11 Ayelech Worku  Ethiopia 14:09 12 Sintayahu Fikre  Ethiopia 14:12 Full results...

Word Count : 920

World Athletics Cross Country Championships

Last Update:

1997 (4.689 km) Rose Kosgei  Kenya 14:58 Prisca Ngetich  Kenya 14:59 Ayelech Worku  Ethiopia 15:02 1998 (6 km) Yimenashu Taye  Ethiopia 19:32 Jeruto Kiptum...

Word Count : 941

1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

Last Update:

 Spain 26:06 7 Jane Omoro  Kenya 26:07 8 Leah Malot  Kenya 26:16 9 Ayelech Worku  Ethiopia 26:17 10 Sally Barsosio  Kenya 26:27 11 Naomi Mugo  Kenya...

Word Count : 1625

IAAF World Cross Challenge

Last Update:

144 Merima Denboba  Ethiopia 79 Paula Radcliffe  Great Britain 72 1999-00 Lydia Cheromei  Kenya 122 Gete Wami  Ethiopia 119 Ayelech Worku  Ethiopia 94...

Word Count : 203

1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

Last Update:

Merima Denboba  Ethiopia 28:12 Paula Radcliffe  United Kingdom 28:12 4 Ayelech Worku  Ethiopia 28:15 5 Susan Chepkemei  Kenya 28:21 6 Jane Ngotho  Kenya...

Word Count : 1735

Athletics at the 2001 Goodwill Games

Last Update:

 Kathy Butler (GBR) 15:17.96 10,000 metres  Derartu Tulu (ETH) 31:48.19  Ayelech Worku (ETH) 31:48.57  Susie Power (AUS) 31:50.36 100 metre hurdles  Gail Devers (USA)...

Word Count : 264

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net