Kutre Dulecha
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Kutre Dulecha (born August 22, 1978 in Sidamo) is a middle distance runner from Ethiopia. She mainly competes in 1500 metres, where she set a world junior record in 1997. She became world indoor champion in 2004, Ethiopia's first ever women's 1500 m medalist at the championships. She won the women's short course at the 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing Ethiopia | |||||
1994 | World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 3rd | 800m | 2:05.17 |
5th | 1500m | 4:17.39 | |||
1995 | All-Africa Games | Harare, Zimbabwe | 1st | 1500 metres | 4:18.32 |
3rd | 800 metres | 2:02.26 | |||
1996 | World Junior Championships | Sydney, Australia | 1st | 1500m | 4:08.65 |
1998 | World Cross Country Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | 3rd | Short race (4 km) | 12:37 |
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 3rd | 1500 metres | 4:00.96 |
All-Africa Games | Johannesburg, South Africa | 1st | 1500 metres | 4:18.33 | |
2000 | World Cross Country Championships | Vilamoura, Portugal | 1st | Short race (4.18 km) | 13:00 |
Summer Olympics | Sydney, Australia | 4th | 1500 metres | 4:05.33 | |
IAAF Grand Prix Final | Doha, Qatar | 2nd | 1500 metres | 4:15.75 | |
2003 | All-Africa Games | Abuja, Nigeria | 1st | 1500 metres | 4:21.63 |
2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | 1500 metres | 4:06.40 |
2005 | Amsterdam Marathon | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1st | Marathon | 2:30:05 |
Personal bests
- 800 metres - 1:59.37 (1999)
- 1000 metres - 2:37.82 (1999)
- 1500 metres - 3:58.43 (1998)
- One mile - 4:39.04 (1997)
- 15 kilometres - 50:28 (2005)
- Half marathon - 1:10:54 (2005)
- Marathon - 2:32:29 (2005)
References
- Kutre Dulecha profile at IAAF
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Categories:
- IAAF ID different in Wikidata
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Ethiopian long-distance runners
- Ethiopian middle-distance runners
- Ethiopian sportswomen
- Female marathon runners
- Female long-distance runners
- Female middle-distance runners
- Ethiopian marathon runners
- Olympic athletes of Ethiopia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Ethiopia
- IAAF World Cross Country Championships winners
- Ethiopian athletics biography stubs