Haile gebrselassie born
Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopian long-distance runner and businessman (born )
"Gebrselassie" redirects here. For the Ethiopian emperor, see Haile Selassie. For the Czech footballer, see Theodor Gebre Selassie.
This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic.
The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Haile, and not as Gebrselassie.
Haile in | |
| Full&#;name | Haile Gebresilasse |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | Ethiopian |
| Born | () 18 April (age&#;51) Asella, Arsi Province, Ethiopian Empire |
| Height | &#;m (5&#;ft 5&#;in)[1] |
| Weight | 54&#;kg (&#;lb)[1] |
| Spouse | Alem Gebrselassie &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Children | 3, Edet, Melat, and Batiy |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Sport | Athletics/Track, Long-distance running |
| Event(s) | 10, metres, metres, metres, metres, Half marathon, Marathon |
| Club | Adidas |
| Retired | May |
| Olympic finals |
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| World finals |
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| Personal bests | |
| In office 6 November &#;– 14 November | |
| Preceded by | Sileshi Sihine |
| Succeeded by | Derartu Tulu |
Haile Gebrselassie (Amharic: ኀይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ, romanized:&#;Haylē Gebre Silassē; born 18 April ) is an Ethiopian former long-distancetrack, road running athlete, and businessman.[2][3] He won two Olympic gold medals and four World Championship titles over the 10, metres.
Haile triumphed in the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon. He also earned four world titles indoors and was the World Half Marathon Champion.
Haile had major competition wins at distances between 1, metres and the marathon, moving from outdoor, indoor and cross country running to road running in the latter part of his career.
He broke 61 Ethiopian national records, ranging from metres to the marathon, set 27 world records, and is regarded as one of the greatest long distance runners in history.[4][5][6][7][8] He won the Berlin Marathon with a world record time of , breaking his own world record by 27 seconds.
The record stood for three years. Haile's 10,&#;m Masters age group world record remains unchallenged since Due to his various achievements on track & road running events, many called him as the "Emperor of the Distance Running".
Haile gebrselassie biography in amharic This led to a distinctive running posture, with his left arm crooked as if he was still holding his school books. On 14 April , Haile won the open field of the Vienna City half marathon with a time of Further to this, he won four world titles indoors and was the World Half Marathon Champion. He ran the half marathon of the Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon to beat Samuel Wanjiru record for the distance by a full 21 seconds with a time of 58 minutes and 55 seconds.Beyond his athletic achievements, he is a successful businessman, contributing to the development of his home country.[9]
Haile was cited as one of the top most influential Africans by New African in [10] During the Hachalu Hundessa riots in , Oromo mobs targeted the businesses and properties of non-Oromos.
Haile's hotels and resort were burned and employees lost their jobs.[11][12] In , in the midst of the Tigray War, he pledged to join the fighting against the Tigray People's Liberation Front.[13][14]
Biography
Early career
Haile was born one of ten children in Asella, Ethiopia.
As a child growing up on a farm, he used to run ten kilometres to school every morning, and the same distance back every evening. This led to a distinctive running posture, with his left arm crooked as if he was still holding his school books.[15] Gebrselassie's mother died from cancer when he was six.[16]
In , Haile gained international recognition in Seoul, South Korea, when he won the metre and 10,metre races at the World Junior Championships and a silver medal in the junior race at the World Cross Country Championships held in Boston, the United States.
The following year, in , Haile won the first of what would eventually be four consecutive world championships titles in the men's 10, metres at the , , , and World Championships. His win in was however his most infamous as he accidentally stepped on the heel of Moses Tanui's shoe at the bell, causing it to fly off his foot. After the contact, with just one shoe, an angered Tanui moved out to a meter lead, only to have Haile run him down on the final straight.
Also at the World Championships he ran in the 5,metre race to finish a close second behind Ismael Kirui of Kenya. In he won a bronze medal at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Later that year he set his first world record by running in the 5, metres, breaking Saïd Aouita's record by almost two seconds.
In , Haile starred as himself in the movie Endurance. His win in was however his most infamous as he accidentally stepped on the heel of Moses Tanui 's shoe at the bell, causing it to fly off his foot. Alem Gebrselassie. He runs the 10 kilometers to school every day, barefoot, and he did the same to get back to his home from school.In , Haile ran the 10, metres in in Hengelo, the Netherlands, lowering the world record by nine seconds. That same summer, in Zürich, Switzerland, Haile ran the metres in , taking seconds off the world record (established by Kenya's Moses Kiptanui earlier in the year). Later that summer he won the 10k world championship with his final m being run in 25 seconds.
This world record at the Weltklasse meet in Zürich was voted "Performance of the Year" for by Track & Field News magazine. At the same Weltklasse meet in Zürich in , an exhausted Haile, suffering from blisters obtained on the hard track in Atlanta (where he had won the Olympic 10, metres gold), had no answer to the second lap of Daniel Komen with five laps to go as Komen went on to win and just miss Haile's record, finishing in In , Haile turned the tables on Komen at the same meet.
Coming off his third 10K world championship gold medal, Haile beat Komen in another Zürich classic on 13 August , covering the final metres in seconds to break his metres world record with a time of [17] Komen, in turn, took Haile's record only nine days later when Komen ran a performance in Belgium.[18]
Middle career
The next year, , saw Haile lowering the indoor world records for and metres, enjoying success outdoors by taking back both the and 10, metres world records, as well as earning a share in the Golden League jackpot for winning all of his races in the Golden League series that summer.
In June in Hengelo, Netherlands, Haile set a 10, metres world record , breaking Paul Tergat's world record , running evenly paced / 5K splits.
Just 13 days later, Haile took on the metres mark of Komen in Helsinki, Finland. Croatian pacemaker Branko Zorko took the pace out slowly, hitting metres in and dropping out at the mile. Million Wolde and Assefa Mezgebu led Haile through metres in His pacemakers could not maintain the pace, though, and Haile was left alone for a problematic solo effort six laps out.
Hitting metres in , even the British commentators announcing the race counted him out. With four laps to go (), Haile needed a subminute final 1, metres for the record. With one lap to go and in great pain, Haile took off, recording a final lap of seconds and a final 1, metres of (= mile) to race to a world record.
In , Haile starred as himself in the movie Endurance.
Haile gebrselassie daughter: Since leaving the track after the Olympics, Haile has focused on road racing and the marathon. His big breakthrough on the international scene came in when he won the Junior world title at 5,m and 10,m. Spain national football team. Retrieved 6 January
The film chronicled his quest to win Olympic gold in the 10, metres in Atlanta. On the track, he won / metres double at the World Indoor Track Championships, defended his Outdoor World Track Championships 10, metres title, and remained undefeated in all his races (which ranged from up to 10, metres).
In , Haile again won all of his races, ranking first in the world in both the and 10, metres.
At the Sydney Olympics, he became the third man in history to successfully defend an Olympic 10, metres title (after Emil Zátopek and Lasse Virén). The narrow Olympic victory over Kenya's Paul Tergat came down to a blistering final kick, with Tergat's second last metres being topped by Haile's even faster The winning margin of victory was only seconds, closer than the winning margin in the men's metre dash final.
On 26 August , he ran his first half marathon (16 wins out of 20) and won in [19] Also in , Haile won the IAAF World half Marathon Championships and the bronze medal in the 10, metres at the World Championships in Athletics. In the same year, he conceptualized the Great Ethiopian Run with Peter Middlebrook, which was latterly supported by Brendan Foster, British runner Richard Nerurkar the British ambassador to Ethiopia Myles Wickstead.
On 30 August , Haile topped the polls when elected as a member of the IAAF Athletes Commission. Also in , at the World Championships in Paris, Haile was involved in one of the most remarkable 10, metres races of all time while gaining a silver medal behind countryman Kenenisa Bekele. The last half of the 10, metres final at the championships was completed in a staggering ( for Bekele and for Haile).
According to the IAAF, "Not only was this split the fastest closing metres in the championships 10,m (the previous record was , recorded in Atlanta), but it was also the fastest metres in a global championship surpassing the Salah Hissou recorded when he won the 5,m in Sevilla'" (This remark remained true until a week later when the World Athletic Championships metres medalists (including Bekele) all ran faster than the second metres split in the previous week's 10, metres.) "The difference between the closing metres splits () and the metres World record () was seconds, which is a record.
The previous best of seconds ( for the closing metres when the World Record was ) was recorded in the Olympics."[20]
In the Athens Olympics, Haile sought to become the first man in history to win three straight Olympic gold medals in the 10, metres. He was unable to do so due to an injury; however, he finished fifth in a race won by his compatriot Kenenisa Bekele, who had broken both of Haile's major track world records, the metres and the 10, metres records.
Shortly before the Athens games, Haile was unable to train for three weeks due to inflammation of his Achilles tendon. The injury was severe enough that he would not have competed otherwise but did so because of significant pressure from his country. This loss in the final period of training likely cost him a medal.[21][22]
Later career
Since leaving the track after the Olympics, Haile has focused on road racing and the marathon.
His adult marathons to date include London (3rd place), Amsterdam (1st place), London (9th place), Berlin (1st place), Fukuoka (1st place), London (DNF), Berlin (1st place and World Record), Dubai (1st place), Berlin (1st place and another World Record), Dubai (1st place) Berlin (1st place), Dubai (1st place), and NYC (DNF).
In , Haile made his debut at the marathon at the London Marathon.
He started the race at a very fast pace, within world record time. He was unable to hold it, however, as world record holders Khalid Khannouchi and Paul Tergat both eventually passed him. Khannouchi broke his world record, while Haile finished third.[23]
In , Haile went undefeated in all of his road races.
This included a British all-comers' record in the 10K in Manchester (), a win at the Amsterdam Marathon in the fastest marathon time in the world for (), and a new world best for 10 miles in Tilburg Ten Miles race, The Netherlands (). (His unofficial split of at the 15K mark was 7 seconds faster than the official world best.)
Haile started positively on 15 January by setting his first world record on American soil.
He ran the half marathon of the Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon to beat Samuel Wanjiru record for the distance by a full 21 seconds with a time of 58 minutes and 55 seconds.
During the race he passed the 20&#;km mark in , breaking also Paul Tergat's record for this distance which had stood since That year also marked another victory for Haile as he shattered the 25&#;km world road record (albeit in non-IAAF ratified fashion) by 68 seconds in a time of The race was organized where Haile and six other runners would run 5 kilometres and then cross the starting line of the K Alphen race in Alphen aan den Rijn of the Netherlands.
On 23 April , he finished ninth in the London Marathon with a time of (the race was won by Kenyan Felix Limo, who clocked ). Haile referred to the ninth-place finish as "the worst race of my career".[24] However, on 24 September he came back with a win in the Berlin Marathon in the fastest time of the year, His time in Berlin made him only the fifth man in history to run under for the marathon.
This was followed by a win in the Fukuoka Marathon in Japan at
In London on 22 April , Haile challenged the London Marathon winner Felix Limo, London Marathon winner Martin Lel, Athens gold medalist Stefano Baldini, New York Marathon winner Marílson Gomes dos Santos, and the then marathon world record holder Paul Tergat in what organizers anticipated would be an exciting race.[25] However Haile dropped out at the mile (29&#;km) stage complaining of a stitch and inability to breathe, which turned out to be an allergic reaction to the pollen in the air.
This left the winner Martin Lel to come home in the first place.
One month later, Haile made a surprise return to the track for the first of two stadium races that summer. In the first, he ran a finishing fifth in a very competitive 10, metres race in Hengelo, The Netherlands. It was the first time a man over 30 ran the 10, m in less than 27 minutes.[26] Then, on 27 June , Haile launched an attack upon the world record for the one hour run, in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
This record attempt was successful as Haile passed the hour mark at 21,&#;metres (13 miles yards), eclipsing the previous best of 21,&#;metres, set by Mexican Arturo Barrios in La Flèche, France, on 30 March Furthermore, Haile covered 50 laps (20,&#;m) in , another world best, well within the previous also set by Barrios in These were his 23rd and 24th world records.
Haile made his running debut in New York City when he won the New York City Half Marathon on 5 August , in , breaking the previous course record by two minutes. His win in the Lisbon Half Marathon () in March gave him a perfect record of 9–0 in winning all of his half marathons. He lost his first half marathon in Den Haag (14 March ), when he was beaten by Sammy Kitwara ( for Kitwara, for Haile).
On 30 September , Haile won the Berlin Marathon in [27] ( per mile), setting the world record and shaving 29 seconds off Paul Tergat's record, set on the same course in His victory further energized the celebrations of the Ethiopian Millennium (unique to the Ethiopian calendar), which began on 12 September
Before the Dubai Marathon, his manager suggested that Haile would be able to run a sub time for a new world record.
While Haile agreed that a sub was possible, he stated that the conditions would need to be perfect for such a time.[28] The event was held on 18 January and was won by Haile in a time of , making it the second-fastest marathon in history. However the early pace had been too fast and he was unable to continue at that speed, resulting in a time 27 seconds short of his world record.[29]
At the Hengelo FBK-Games on 24 May, Haile ran for the 10, metres to finish a close second behind countryman Sileshi Sihine's This is the Master 35–39 age group world record.
His nine career subminute 10,meter performances are more than any other athlete except for Kenenisa Bekele, who also has nine.
Because of Beijing's air pollution levels, Haile decided to withdraw from the marathon at the Beijing Olympics. He suffers from asthma and said that running in such conditions might be harmful to his health.[30] Haile later admitted that he regretted the decision as the Beijing air was cleaner than expected.[31] He did, however, run the 10, metres on 17 August, finishing sixth with a time of The gold medal went to his countryman and current world record holder, Kenenisa Bekele with a Olympic record winning time.[32] The following month, on 28 September , he defended his Berlin Marathon title, averaging per kilometer ( per mile) for a time of , breaking his own world record by 27 seconds.
Haile won the Dubai Marathon on 16 January but fell short of breaking his own world record that he had set four months earlier on the flat course. He finished in , well ahead of countryman Deressa Chimsa. In September of that year, he won the Berlin Marathon for the fourth consecutive time. He attempted to break the world record he had set the previous year but, despite a quick start, warm conditions saw him finish in , two minutes away from his best mark.
Noureddine Morceli Wilson Kipketer. Retrieved 7 May He was inspired by that and dreamt to become a gold medalist himself one day. In office 6 November — 14 NovemberHe did, however, pass the kilometer point in , which was a new world record for a road 30K.[33][34]
In , he tried to attack his world record for the third consecutive time at the Dubai Marathon Although he won the race with a time of , he failed to break his month world record.
In a post-race interview, Haile revealed that he had suffered back pain, requiring intensive pre-race physiotherapy, resulting from having slept in a bad position.[35] His problems continued at the NYC Half Marathon, where he pulled up mid-race visibly uncomfortable in his running.[36] He had an easy victory in the inaugural edition of the 10K de Madrid in April.[37] He scored his third victory at the Great Manchester Run the following month, although he missed out on Micah Kogo's course record.[37] He followed this with his first win at the Great North Run in September, finishing the half marathon in a time of minutes.[37]
He is also mentor and ambassador for the G4S 4teen, a programme supporting 14 young athletes.[38]
Retirement
On 7 November, after dropping out of the New York City Marathon with an inflamed knee, Haile announced his retirement.[39][40][41] Days later, he posted to his Twitter account that he was reconsidering his decision and wanted to run in the London Olympics.[42] Haile had stated previously that after retiring he would like to enter politics, with scepticism from the public about his knowledge on politics and the unfamiliar culture of celebrities holding public office in Ethiopia.[43] However he won his first race back in a 10k road race in Angola with a new course record of and beat countryman Deriba Merga and the Kenyan Josphat Menjo who had run the fastest m of that year.
Haile missed the Tokyo Marathon due to an injury, but won the half marathon at the Vienna City Marathon on 17 April [44] About a month later Haile easily won the Great Manchester Run in England for the fourth time, finishing in [37] On 26 September he suffered a double setback when he dropped out of the Berlin Marathon (again suffering from respiratory difficulties of exercise-induced asthma) and saw his world records for 30 kilometres and the marathon broken by the man with whom he had been duelling, Patrick Makau.
Haile was absent from the press conference later that day, but his manager Jos Hermens announced that while it was "the end of an era of record-breaking for Haile, it's not the end of his career".[37] He returned to his winning ways at the Birmingham half marathon with a new course record and followed that up with a win at the Zevenheuvelenloop in November, taking his third career victory at the Dutch 15K race.[37]
In , Haile ran in the Tokyo Marathon and, after surging to the lead and putting a gap on the field with 6&#;km to go, faded and finished in 4th, in a time of However, he bounced back to win the Vienna Half Marathon in , catching Paula Radcliffe who was given a minute head-start.
He was not selected for the Olympic marathon team, but after winning the Great Manchester Run with a fast time of , beating marathon world record holder Patrick Makau, world marathon leader Ayele Abshero and Olympic marathon medallist Tsegay Kebede, by a distance of over metres, he decided to aim for a place in the 10, m race.[45] He attempted to earn an Olympic spot at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games in Hengelo, the stadium in which he had broken four world records.
However, in extremely hot weather he finished seventh with a time of , sixth amongst Ethiopians, and did not qualify for the Summer Olympics.[46] However, he did appear at the opening ceremony as one of the eight flagbearers who brought the Olympic flag into the stadium. Another outing at the Fukuoka Marathon, however, saw him enter as the favourite but drop out at 32&#;km.[47]
On 14 April , Haile won the open field of the Vienna City half marathon with a time of He set his first over world record with a time of for 10 miles in Switzerland, on 15 September He took 3rd overall in the BUPA Great North Run, 32 seconds behind the winner Kenenisa Bekele and 31 seconds behind the reigning Olympic and world champion Mo Farah.
Haile has announced his retirement from competitive running after finishing 16th in the Great Manchester Run on Sunday 10 May It brings to an end a year career in which he claimed two Olympic gold medals, eight World Championship victories and set 27 world records. "I'm retiring from competitive running, not from running.
Abebe bikila He did, however, run the 10, metres on 17 August, finishing sixth with a time of Authority control databases. He finished 6th in the 10,m. He attempted to break the world record he had set the previous year but, despite a quick start, warm conditions saw him finish in , two minutes away from his best mark.You cannot stop running, this is my life," he told BBC Sport.
Haile remains the world record holder in the mile run.
Currently, Haile is the former president of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation, has been selling Hyundai cars in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, since , and cooperates with Hyundai for the Marathon Motors Engineering factory there which started assembling the electric Hyundai Ioniq in July [48] He has become a small-lot coffee farmer in Ethiopia.
His coffees can be found under his estate name, Haile Estate, such as the Sun Dried Ethiopian Haile Estate Coffee, which is distributed by Starbucks Reserve.[49]
Business career
Haile Gebrselassie ventured into an entrepreneurship career in , investing earnings from his sporting achievements that led to establishing companies.
Until recent years, he has had staff and offices every day. In , Haile opened Haile Resorts in Lake Hawassa, and the resort quickly expanded to include destinations in Amhara, Oromia, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region. He recently inaugurated the Grand Haile Resort in Addis Ababa[50] headquartered in Lam Beret.[51] Haile has a dealership for Hyundai cars in Ethiopia and started assembling Hyundai electric cars in [52][53][54]
Haile owned Marathon Motors, a vehicle business that also assembles Hyundai cars, and which recently rolled off the first electric car from its assembly plant.[55][56] Haile owned several businesses and is involved in real estate projects and owns four hotels, a coffee plantation.
In , there was estimated 1, employees and reached 3, employees across his investments in Ethiopia and beyond. Haile currently received 30 million birr revenue from various businesses.[57]
Achievements
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cross Country Championships | Antwerp, Belgium | 8th | Junior race (&#;km) | ||
| 2nd | Team | 26 pts | |||
| World Cross Country Championships | Boston, MA, United States | 2nd | Junior race (&#;km) | ||
| 2nd | Team | 28 pts | |||
| World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | 1st | m | ||
| 1st | 10, m | ||||
| World Cross Country Championships | Amorebieta, Spain | 7th | Senior race (&#;km) | ||
| 2nd | Team | 82 pts | |||
| African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 2nd | m | ||
| 3rd | 10, m | ||||
| World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | m | ||
| 1st | 10, m | ||||
| World Cross Country Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | Senior race (&#;km) | ||
| 3rd | Team | pts | |||
| World Road Relay Championships | Litochoro, Greece | 2nd | Marathon relay | ||
| World Cross Country Championships | Durham, England | 4th | Senior race (&#;km) | ||
| 5th | Team | pts | |||
| World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | — | m | DNS | |
| 1st | 10, m | ||||
| World Cross Country Championships | Stellenbosch, South Africa | 5th | Senior race (&#;km) | ||
| 3rd | Team | pts | |||
| Olympic Games | Atlanta, GA, United States | — | m | DNS | |
| 1st | 10, m | ||||
| World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 1st | m | ||
| World Championships | Athens, Greece | 1st | 10, m | ||
| World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 1st | m | ||
| 1st | m | ||||
| World Championships | Seville, Spain | 1st | 10, m | ||
| Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 1st | 10, m | ||
| World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 3rd | 10, m | ||
| World Half Marathon Championships | Bristol, England | 1st | Half marathon | ||
| 1st | Team | ||||
| World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, England | 1st | m | ||
| World Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | 10, m | ||
| Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 5th | 10, m | ||
| Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 6th | 10, m |
Marathon performances
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | ||
| Amsterdam Marathon | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1st | ||
| London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | 9th | ||
| Berlin Marathon | Berlin, Germany | 1st | ||
| Fukuoka Marathon | Fukuoka, Japan | 1st | ||
| London Marathon | London, United Kingdom | — | DNF | |
| Berlin Marathon | Berlin, Germany | 1st | WR | |
| Dubai Marathon | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 1st | ||
| Berlin Marathon | Berlin, Germany | 1st | WR | |
| Dubai Marathon | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 1st | ||
| Berlin Marathon | Berlin, Germany | 1st | ||
| Dubai Marathon | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 1st | ||
| New York City Marathon | New York, NY, United States | — | DNF | |
| Berlin Marathon | Berlin, Germany | — | DNF | |
| Tokyo Marathon | Tokyo, Japan | 4th | ||
| Fukuoka Marathon | Fukuoka, Japan | — | DNF |
Track and field circuit
World records and best performances
| Distance | Mark | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| metres | 4 June | Hengelo, Netherlands | ||
| Two miles | 28 May | Kerkrade, Netherlands | Third fastest time ever, world best | |
| 10, metres | 5 June | Hengelo, Netherlands | ||
| metres | 16 August | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
| metres | 27 January | Sindelfingen, Germany, | indoors | |
| metres | 4 February | Stuttgart, Germany, | indoors | |
| metres | 20 February | Stockholm, Sweden | indoors | |
| Two miles | 31 May | Hengelo, Netherlands | Second fastest time ever, world best | |
| 10, metres | 4 July | Oslo, Norway | ||
| metres | 13 August | Zürich, Switzerland | ||
| metres | 25 January | Karlsruhe, Germany | indoors | |
| metres | 15 February | Birmingham, UK | indoors | |
| 10, metres | 1 June | Hengelo, Netherlands | ||
| metres | 13 June | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| metres | 14 February | Birmingham, UK | indoors | |
| 10 kilometres | 11 December | Doha, Qatar | road race | |
| Two miles | 21 February | Birmingham, UK | indoors, world best | |
| 15 kilometres | + | 4 September | Tilburg, Netherlands | road race, not IAAF-ratified |
| 10 miles | 4 September | Tilburg, Netherlands | road race, world best | |
| 20 kilometres | + | 15 January | Tempe, Arizona, US | |
| Half marathon | 15 January | Tempe, Arizona, US | ||
| 25 kilometres | 12 March | Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands | road race, not IAAF-ratified – no post-race EPO test | |
| One hour run | 21, m | 27 June | Ostrava, Czech Republic | |
| 20, metres | + | 27 June | Ostrava, Czech Republic | |
| Marathon | 30 September | Berlin, Germany | ||
| Marathon | 28 September | Berlin, Germany | ||
| 30 kilometres | + | 20 September | Berlin, Germany |
Personal bests
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