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Quick Facts
Age:
25 (July 19, 1985)
Hometown: Addis Ababa
Residence: Addis Ababa
Affiliation: adidas
Coach: Tolosa Kotu
Event: 1500m (4:04.61 PB, 2006) |
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Career Highlights
- Semifinalist, 2004 Olympic Games 1500m
- Semifinalist, 2005 World Championships 1500m
- Bronze Medalist, 2004 World Junior Cross Country Championships
- 2-time Ethiopian National Champion, 800m (2005, 2006)
- 5th, 2003 All-Africa Games
- 5th, 2006 African Athletics Championships 1500m
- 1st, 2004 Addis Ababa Municipal Athletics Championships, 800m and 1500m
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Background
Tadesse competes for the Banks club, which has also been responsible for the development of Ethiopian stars Gebre Gebremariam, Werknesh Kidane and Meseret Defar. Her 800-1500m victories in April 2004 at the Addis Ababa Municipal Athletics Championships constituted the first double in the event’s history. In 2005, Tadesse won the Golden Gala in Rome, undoubtedly the biggest victory of her career so far, in a then-personal best of 4:40.95 |
