Ababel Yeshaneh Birhane (born 22 July 1991) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in track, road and cross country events. She represented her country in the

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at the

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, coming ninth, and ranked fifth in the world on time that year. She was a team silver medallist at the

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in 2014 and finished 14th in the 5000 metres at the

2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

. On 21 February 2020, she broke the world record in the

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, clocking 1:04:31 at the RAK Half-Marathon in

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. She has a marathon best of 2:20:51 set at the 2019

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where she finished second.

Career

While running in Ethiopia, she joined the Ethiopian Defense Forces sports club. She began to compete outside of Ethiopia in 2011, starting with a win at the Vadodara Half Marathon in India. She followed this with a win at the Stramilano in a best of 69:54 minutes, then had a runner-up finish at the Nice Half Marathon a few weeks later. She made her marathon debut that year, placing sixth at the

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with a time of 2:34:36 hours in November. She ran sparingly in 2012, though she did set a 5000 metres track best of 15:17.05 minutes.Ababel Yeshaneh Progression
IAAF. Retrieved on 12 February 2015. Ababel came third at the Milan Marathon in April 2013, setting a new best of 2:33:10 hours. However, it was on the track that she made her impact. At the

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meeting she was part of the most competitive

race of the season and her time of 30:35.91 minutes for fourth eventually ranked her fifth in the world on time that year. The performances earned her a place on the Ethiopian team for the

, after world leader

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decided to focus on the 5000 m. In the 10,000 m world final she was in the main pack until the halfway point before drifting back to ninth place overall on her international debut. Her first international medal came at the

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. She finished sixth in the women's race which brought her a silver medal as part of the Ethiopian women's team led by Tadelech Bekele. After this she returned to the roads, coming fourth at the Portugal Half Marathon. At the start of 2015 she won the half marathon section of the Ooredoo Marathon in

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. Ooredoo Marathon is "Bigger, Faster and Better"
. I Love Qatar (10 January 2015). Retrieved on 2015-02-12. She competed in the women's marathon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, United States.

International competitions

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yeshaneh, Ababel Living people 1991 births Ethiopian female long-distance runners Ethiopian female marathon runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Ethiopia 20th-century Ethiopian women 21st-century Ethiopian women