Getenesh "Gete" Wami Degife (Amharic: ጌጤነሽ 'ጌጤ' ዋሚ ደግፌ born December 11, 1974 in Debre Berhan)[1] is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner who competed in cross country, track, and road events.
Ethiopian long-distance runner
This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by her given name, Gete, and not as Wami.
Gete Wami
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing Ethiopia
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney
10,000 m
1996 Atlanta
10,000 m
2000 Sydney
5000 m
World Championships
1999 Seville
10,000 m
2001 Edmonton
10,000 m
Her brother, Mulugeta Wami, is also a professional marathon runner.[2]
Biography
Gete won gold medal at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, timing 30:24.56, which was a new African record and Championships Record.[3] She also won the 10,000m gold medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games that year. She is a two-time winner of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, having taken the long race title in 1996 and then the short race title in 2001.
Gete won the 2006 Berlin Marathon, finishing in front of Salina Kosgei and Monika Drybulska on September 24.[4] She was expected to beat the world record over 15km during the Zevenheuvelenloop in and around Nijmegen on 19 November 2006, but failed. Gete finished in second position during the race, nine seconds behind Mestewat Tufa, who finished in 47:22.
In 2007, Gete won the Berlin Marathon again. She competed in the New York Marathon thirty-five days later and she finished 23 seconds behind Paula Radcliffe. Her second-place finish gave her the World Marathon Majors Series Title, earning herself the $500,000 jackpot.[5]
In August 2008, Gete Wami dropped out of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Marathon, after running in the lead pack for much of the race, as did her teammate Berhane Adere.
The last outing of her career came at the 2009 London Marathon, where her run of 2:26:54 hours brought her ninth place.
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