Abebech Negussie (born 2 January 1983 in Arsi) is a retired Ethiopian middle distance

runner Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is ...

, who specialized in

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

. She represented Ethiopia in that event at the

2000 Sydney Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

and the

2001 World Championships in Athletics The 8th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between 3 August and 12 August and was the first time the event ...

International competitions

Personal bests

*800 metres - 2:04.13 min (2000) *1500 metres - 4:06.01 min (2001)

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* 1983 births Living people Ethiopian female long-distance runners Ethiopian female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ethiopia Sportspeople from Oromia Region World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia 20th-century Ethiopian women 21st-century Ethiopian women 21st-century Ethiopian people {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub