Aman Wote Fete (Amharic: አማን ወጤ; born 18 April 1984) is an Ethiopian runner who specializes in mostly
middle-distance events. He represented
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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.
Running career
A
late bloomer
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in the international stage, although a prolific runner from an early age in Kabet, Wote ran his first big international race at the
2010 African Championships, where he ran the
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 ...
in 3:38.89. At the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, Wote ran the
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 ...
in 3:41.67, missing qualification to the next round by less than 0.3 seconds.
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1984 births
Living people
Ethiopian male middle-distance runners
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Ethiopia
World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games
African Games competitors for Ethiopia
21st-century Ethiopian people