Elvan Abeylegesse
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Key facts
- Nationality
- Ethiopian / Turkish
- Born
- ( 1982-09-11 ) 11 September 1982 (age 43) , Addis Ababa , Ethiopia
- Height
- 1.59 m (5.2 ft)
- Weight
- 40 kg (88 lb)
- Sport
- Running
- Event s
- 5000 metres , 10,000 metres
- Club
- Enkaspor Athletics Team
- Coached by
- Carol Santa
- Personal best s
- 5000m : 14:24.68, 10000m : 29:56.34
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Turkey
- Place of birth
- Addis Ababa
- Occupation
- long-distance runner
- Languages spoken
- Turkish
- Native language
- Turkish
- Participant in
- 2004 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Turkey
- Mass
- 40
- Image
- Elvan Abeylegesse 2010 European Team Championships.jpg
- Height
- 159
- Residence
- Istanbul
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- Elvan Abeylegesse
- date of birth
- 1982-09-11
- sports discipline competed in
- marathon
- birth name
- Hewan Abeye
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Encyclopedic overview
Elvan Abeylegesse (née Hewan Abeye (አልቫን አበይለገሠ, Amharic), also formerly Elvan Can (Turkish); born 11 September 1982) is an Ethiopian former middle and long-distance running athlete who represented Turkey. She competed over distances from 1500 metres up to the marathon, and also in cross country. She is a former world record-holder for the 5000 metres, at 14:24.68.
In August 2015, the Turkish Athletics Federation confirmed Abeylegesse had failed that an anti-doping test taken during the 2007 World Championships. She was stripped of her results from 2007 to 2009, including two Olympic medals and one World Championship medal, and banned from athletics for two years.
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