Eyerusalem Kuma (born 7 September 1981 in Addis Ababa) is an Ethiopian

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, who competes in

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s. She has a personal best of 2:24:55 hours for the distance and was the 2009 winner of the Amsterdam Marathon. Early in her career she won team medals with Kenya at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships – her best individual finishes were fifth in 2002 and fourth in 2003. Her first personal international medals came at the African Championships in Athletics, where she was the

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bronze medallist in 2002 and the African champion in 2004. She was also fourth in that event at the

2003 All-Africa Games The 8th All Africa Games were 5–17 October 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. 53 countries participated in 23 sports. The main venue was the newly constructed Abuja Stadium. The organizing committee was headed by Nigerian Amos Adamu. Venues * Moshood ...

. She won a team gold medal at the

2004 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships The 13th IAAF World Half Marathon Championships was held on 3 October 2004 in New Delhi, India. A total of 152 athletes, 91 men and 61 women, from 55 countries took part. Detailed reports on the event and an appraisal of the results were given b ...

. After a career break she emerged as a marathon specialist in 2009. She was the runner-up at the Amsterdam Marathon in 2010 and 2011.

Doping

In 2013 Kuma failed doping test that was taken at Amsterdam Marathon. She was suspended for 2 years.

Biography

At the beginning of her career, she specialized in the

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and

cross-country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open coun ...

. Her first international appearances came in 2000, when she was seventh in the junior race at the

2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 18/19, 2000. The races were held at the Sporting Complex in Vilamoura, Portugal. Reports of the event were given in ''The New York Times'', in the Herald, and for the IAAF ...

and achieved the same placing over

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at the

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. She made her senior debut the following year at the

2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 24/25, 2001. The races were held at the Hippodrome Wellington in Ostend (Oostende), Belgium. Reports of the event were given in ''The New York Times'', in the ''Herald'', ...

, coming 23rd in the long race and helping Ethiopia to the team

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.Kuma, Eyerusalem

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. Retrieved on 25 April 2016. Kuma made her first impact the year after, as her fifth place in the long race at the

2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 23/24, 2002. The races were held at the Leopardstown Racecourse, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, near Dublin, Ireland. Reports of the event were given in ''The New York Times'', ...

headed her country to the team title and she claimed the

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over

at the

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(behind Kenyan duo

Susan Chepkemei Susan Chepkemei (born 25 June 1975 in Komol, West Pokot District) is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who competes in the 10,000 metres and marathon. In 2001, she won the Rotterdam Marathon and came first in the Great North Run, as well as winnin ...

and Leah Malot).African Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 19 October 2011. At the

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she had her highest placing, coming fourth and taking the team title with medalists Werknesh Kidane and Merima Denboba. She also made it an Ethiopian 1–2 in the

at the

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, where she was runner-up to

Ejegayehu Dibaba Ejegayehu Dibaba Keneni ( om, Ijigaayoo Dibaabaa; Amharic: እጅጋዬሁ ዲባባ); born 21 March 1982, in Bekoji) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Ejegayehu ear ...

. In spite of a poor showing at the 2004 World Cross Country, she won her first major title at the

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, defeating all comers to take the 10,000 m gold medal. Kuma set her 10,000 m personal best that year in Utrecht, Netherlands, running a time of 31:25.46 minutes. This also translated to success on the roads: she came sixth at the

and led a team of

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and

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to the gold medal. She ran sparingly in 2005 and had a break in her running career until 2009. Eyerusalam made a return to competition by making her debut over the marathon distance in 2009 at the Dubai Marathon, where her time of 2:26:51 hours brought her sixth place. On her second outing over the distance, she won the 2009 Amsterdam Marathon. She achieved a half marathon personal best of 1:10.42 hours in the process of a runner-up placing at the Great Scottish Run in Glasgow. She managed only eighth at the

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in 2010, but on her return to Amsterdam she was the runner-up in a time of 2:27:04 hours. She ran at the 2011

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and came fourth. In her third straight appearance at the Amsterdam Marathon she ran a personal best of 2:24:55 hours, but was again the runner-up as she finished behind fellow Ethiopian Tiki Gelana. Eyerusalem didn't make the podium in any of her outings in 2012: she came seventh at the

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and fifth at both the

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and Hannover Marathon. Her first races of 2013 saw her take third at the

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and the

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Personal bests

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- 9:04.04 min (2001) *

- 15:05.37 min (2004) *

- 31:25.46 min (2004) * Half marathon - 1:10:42 hrs (2009) *

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- 2:24:55 hrs (2011)

Major competition record

References

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