Dawit Wolde
Dawit Wolde (born 19 May 1991) is an Ethiopian middle distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. A medallist at the World Youth Championships and the African Junior Athletics Championships, he has represented Ethiopia at the African Championships in Athletics and the All-Africa Games. He was chosen to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics. His 1500 m personal best is 3:33.82 minutes.
Born in Debre Zeyit in Ethiopia's Oromia Region,[1] he came to international prominence as a teenager with a bronze medal at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics and a silver at the 2007 African Junior Athletics Championships.[2][3] He set a personal best of 3:41.25 minutes for the 1500 m that year at the Meeting Iberoamericano. He ran at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics but was eliminated in the first round.[4]
Dawit knocked nearly five seconds off his best in 2009. He won the Josef Odlozil Memorial 1500 m,[5] took bronze at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships,[6] and closed the season with a best of 3:36.74 minutes at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix.[4] A third-place finish in the 800 metres at the 2010 Ethiopian Athletics Championships led to an appearance in that event at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics,[7] where he was a semi-finalist. He had top three finishes on the 2011 European track and field circuit, highlighted by a run of 3:34.13 minutes in Oordegem.[4] He was a 1500 m finalist at the 2011 All-Africa Games, but did not finish in the final.[8]
He had a successful debut over the half marathon distance at the 2012 Egmond Half Marathon, breaking a thirteen-year-old course record with a time of 60:46 minutes.[9] He was less successful at the Prague Half Marathon, coming eighth, but his 1500 m performances improved: he ran 3:33.82 minutes at the FBK Games and set a mile run best of 3:57.48 minutes at the Prefontaine Classic.[4] As the second fastest Ethiopian that season, he was chosen for the Ethiopian team for the 2012 London Olympics.[10]
Personal bests
- 800 metres: 1:48.80 min (2010)
- 1500 metres: 3:33.82 min (2012)
- Mile run: 3:57.48 min (2012)
- 3000 metres: 7:42.65 min (2011)
- Half marathon: 60:46 min (2012)
References
- ↑ Dawit Wolde. London2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
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External links
- Dawit Wolde profile at IAAF
- Pages with broken file links
- IAAF ID different in Wikidata
- Living people
- 1991 births
- Ethiopian middle-distance runners
- Ethiopian long-distance runners
- Male middle-distance runners
- Male long-distance runners
- Olympic athletes of Ethiopia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- People from Oromia Region
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Ethiopia
- Ethiopian male athletes
