Berhane Adere

Berhane Adere Debala (Ge'ez: ብርሀኔ አደሬ born 21 July 1973)[1] is a retired Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialised in the 10,000 metres and half marathon. She won the gold medal in the 10,000 m at the 2003 World Championships and silver medals in the event at the 2001 and 2005 World Championships. Adere claimed gold and silver for the 3000 metres at the 2003 and 2004 World Indoor Championships respectively. Her medal in 2003 was the Ethiopia’s first world indoor medal in a women’s event.[2] At the half marathon, she was the World champion in 2002, took silver in 2003 and bronze in 2001. She won the Chicago Marathon in 2006 and 2007.

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by their given name, Berhane, and not as Adere.

Berhane Adere
Berhane Adere
Personal information
Full nameBerhane Adere Debala
Born (1973-07-21) 21 July 1973
Shewa, Ethiopia
Sport
CountryEthiopia
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Long-distance running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2003 Paris10,000 m
Silver medal – second place2001 Edmonton10,000 m
Silver medal – second place2005 Helsinki10,000 m
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2003 Birmingham3000 m
Silver medal – second place2004 Budapest3000 m
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2002 Madrid3000 m
Bronze medal – third place1998 Johannesburg5000 m
African Championships
Gold medal – first place1998 Dakar5000 m
Gold medal – first place2002 Radès5000 m
World Half Marathon Championships
Gold medal – first place2002 BrusselsHalf marathon
Silver medal – second place2003 VilamouraHalf marathon
Bronze medal – third place2001 BristolHalf marathon
World Marathon Majors
Gold medal – first place2006 ChicagoMarathon
Gold medal – first place2007 ChicagoMarathon
Bronze medal – third place2009 ChicagoMarathon

Adere held the world indoor record for the 3000 m, set in 2002, which was the first sub-8:30 mark run by a woman indoors and the first world indoor record in a distance event by an Ethiopian woman. She also held the world indoor record in the 5000 m, set in 2004.[2]

Adere works for UNICEF as a goodwill ambassador for girls' education.

Career

Berhane held the African record for the 10,000 metres in a time of 30:04.18, set at the 2003 World Championships, where she won gold. Her record was broken at the 2008 Beijing Olympics by Tirunesh Dibaba, who became the first African woman to run under 30 minutes in the event.

She won the 2006 Chicago Marathon with a personal best time of 2:20:42. She won the Chicago Marathon again in 2007[3] and the Dubai Marathon on 18 January 2008.[4] Berhane also claimed victory in the 2007 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon.[1]

She was the top female finisher in the 2010 Rock ‘n’ Roll Mardi Gras Marathon, in which she recorded the fastest ever half marathon on American soil with a time of 1:07:52, breaking her previous best by over 25 seconds.[5] At age 36, that should also be the Masters world record.[6] She saw off a challenge from Ana Dulce Félix to win at the Great North Run in September, completing the half marathon in 1:08:49.[7] In 2012, she had two races, both in October in Britain, where she was runner-up at the Great Birmingham Run and third at the Great South Run.[8]

Achievements

International competitions
Representing  Ethiopia
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventResult
1991 World Cross Country Championships Antwerp, Belgium 34th XC 6425 m 21:30
2nd Team 36 pts
1992 World Cross Country Championships Boston, United States 38th XC 6370 m 22:19
3rd Team 96 pts
1993 African Championships Durban, South Africa 1st 10,000 m 32:48.52
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 27th (h) 10,000 m 33:20.62
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 22nd (h) 10,000 m 33:14.76
1996 World Cross Country Championships Stellenbosch, South Africa 10th XC 6300 m 20:37
2nd Team 44 pts
Olympic Games Atlanta, GA, United States 18th 10,000 m 32:57.35
1997 World Cross Country Championships Turin, Italy 14th XC 6600 m 21:37
1st Team 24 pts
World Championships Athens, Greece 4th 10,000 m 31:48.95 PB
1998 African Championships Dakar, Senegal 1st 5000 m 15:54.31 CR
World Cup Johannesburg, South Africa 3rd 5000 m 16:38.81
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 7th 10,000 m 31:32.51 PB
2000 World Cross Country Championships Vilamoura, Portugal 14th XC 8080 m 27:11
1st Team 20 pts
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 12th 10,000 m 31:40.52
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Australia 2nd 10,000 m 31:48.85
World Half Marathon Championships Bristol, United Kingdom 3rd Individual 1:08:17 PB
3rd Team 3:30:20
2002 World Half Marathon Championships Brussels, Belgium 1st Individual 1:09:06
3rd Team 3:30:58
African Championships Radès, Tunisia 1st 5000 m 15:51.08
World Cup Madrid, Spain 1st 3000 m 8:50.88
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 1st 3000 m 8:40.25
World Championships Saint-Denis, France 10th 5000 m 14:58.07
1st 10,000 m 30:04.18 CR
World Half Marathon Championships Vilamoura, Portugal 2nd Individual 1:09:02
4th Team 3:36:37
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd 3000 m 9:11.43
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 2nd 10,000 m 30:25.41 SB
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China – Marathon DNF
World Marathon Majors
2006 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 4th Marathon 2:21:52
Chicago Marathon Chicago, IL, United States 1st Marathon 2:20:42
2007 Chicago Marathon Chicago, IL, United States 1st Marathon 2:33:49
2008 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 7th Marathon 2:27:42
2009 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 5th Marathon 2:25:30
Chicago Marathon Chicago, IL, United States 3rd Marathon 2:28:38

Personal bests
Road

References
  1. "Berhane ADERE – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. Turnbull, Simon (3 February 2023). "Remembering the late-blooming Adere's remarkable indoor debut". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  3. Litsky, Frank (8 October 2007). "A Hot Day in Chicago Yields Two Close Finishes". The New York Times.
  4. Butcher, Pat (8 January 2008). "Second fastest of all time for Gebre in Dubai Marathon". IAAF. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  5. Cruz, Dan (1 March 2010). "Adere clocks 1:07:52, Lel beats Wanjiru at New Orleans Half Marathon". IAAF. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. Butcher, Michael (19 September 2010). "Gebrselassie and Adere take Great North Run titles". IAAF. Archived from the original on 21 September 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  8. Martin, David (21 October 2012). "Kogo defeats Kuma in Birmingham thriller - REPORT". IAAF. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
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