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Quick Facts
Represents: Ethiopia
Age:
24 (Oct. 2, 1985)
Hometown: Debre Markos, Ethiopia
Residence: Addis Ababa
Affiliation: adidas
Personal Bests:
3000m 8:28.41 (2010)
3000m(i) 8:25.27 (2010)
2 Miles(i) 9:12.68 (2010)
5000m 14:28.39 (2010)
5000m(i) 14:46.80 (2010)
5km 15:17 (2006) |
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Career Highlights
- 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships bronze medalist, 3000m
- 2919 African Championships bronze medalist, 5000m
- 4th, 2009 IAAF World Championships, 5000m
- 2001 World Youth Championships bronze medalist, 1500m
- 4th, 2006 World Indoor Championships, 3000m
- 10th, 2004 Olympic Games, 5000m
- 5th, 2004 World Athletics Final, 3000m
- 6th, 2003 World Junior Cross Country Championships
- 5th, 2003 All Africa Games
- Ranked #8 in the world at 5000m in 2009 by Track & Field News
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Background
After winning bronze at the 2001 World Youth Championships in her first international race when she was but 16, Sentayehu began running the senior circuit in 2002 and won her first race there, at 3000 meters at the Asics Grand Prix II in Helsinki, in 8:52.88. In 2006, she married her longtime love and Ethiopian 800m record-holder, Berhanu Alemu. |
