Getenesh Urge, Date of Birth

    

Getenesh Urge

Ethiopian distance runner

Date of Birth: 30-Aug-1970

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Ethiopia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Getenesh Urge

  • Getenesh Urge (Amharic: ???? ???; born 30 August 1970) is a retired Ethiopian middle distance runner who competed in the 1980s through to 2000.
  • She competed in the women's 1500 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics.She won three bronze medals at three different African Championships in Athletics.
  • In Annaba at the 1988 Championships she won a bronze in the 1500 metres, she repeated this performance five years later in Durban at the 1993 Championships.
  • This after the 1992 Championships in Mauritius where she won a bronze in the 3000 metres.
  • She also won a bronze medal in Cairo at the 1991 All-Africa Games, again in the 1500 metres.
  • She finished thirteenth in 5000 metres at the 1999 World Championships. She has also been a part of six medal winning teams in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships finishing 31st in 1990 in winning a team silver, 28th in 1992 in winning a team bronze, 14th in 1994 in winning a team silver, 29th in 1996 in winning a team silver, 21st in 1998 in winning a team silver and 17th in 2000 in winning a team silver, all bar 2000 in the long course event.

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