Mulugeta Wami

Mulugeta Wami (born 17 July 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He has a personal best of 2:07:11 hours for the distance. He was the 2013 winner of the Ljubljana Marathon.

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by their given name, Mulugeta, and not as Wami.

Born in Addis Ababa,[1] he is the brother of Gete Wami, the 1999 world champion and 2000 Olympic runner-up in the 10,000 metres.[2] His first outing over the marathon distance came at the 2006 Amsterdam Marathon, where he finished ninth with a time of 2:13:19 hours.[3] He improved to 2:11:47 hours at the following year's Eindhoven Marathon, taking fifth place[4] In 2008 he won the Egmond Half Marathon, but managed only 14th at the Beijing Marathon.[1]

Mulugeta continued to improve over the marathon in 2009, first running 2:10:49 at the Los Angeles Marathon (fourth overall) then taking the Chuncheon Marathon title in a time of 2:09:50 hours.[5] He returned to defend his Egmond Half title, but managed only fifth on that occasion.[6] Two more bests came at the start of 2008 as he timed 59:55 minutes for fifth at the 20 van Alphen road race and 2:08:32 at the Paris Marathon, finishing sixth overall.[7] He also failed to retain his title in Chuncheon, managing a lacklustre 2:13:07 hours.[8] He was only marginally faster (2:12:55) at the JoongAng Seoul Marathon – his only race of 2011.[9]

Although he was sixth at the 2012 Amsterdam Marathon, he achieved a best of 2:07:11 hours.[10] A run of 2:10:40 was only enough for tenth at the 2013 Seoul International Marathon, but his first victory over the distance followed at the lower profile Ljubljana Marathon in October.[11]

References
  1. "2009 LA Marathon Guide" (PDF). Los Angeles Marathon. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  2. "Wami en Deriba winnaars in Egmond, Butter en Borst leveren knappe prestatie" (in Dutch). Losse Veter. 13 January 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  3. van Hemert, Wim (15 October 2006). "Narrow win for Busendich in Amsterdam". IAAF. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  4. van Hemert, Wim (14 October 2007). "Philip Singoei wins 24th Eindhoven Marathon in course record 2:07:57". IAAF. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  5. Mulugeta Wami. Tilastopaja. Retrieved 28 October 2013. Archived 26 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  6. van Hemert, Wim (12 January 2009). "Strong winds destroys hopes of fast times in Egmond Half Marathon". IAAF. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  7. Vazel, Pierre-Jean (11 April 2010). "2:22:04 World lead for Baysa, Tola improves to 2:06:41 - Paris Marathon report". IAAF. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  8. Jalava, Mirko (24 October 2010). "Kiptoo smashes Chuncheon record with 2:07:54 victory". IAAF. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  9. Kurdyumova, Yelena; Porada, Sergey (6 November 2011). "Kwambai beats the rain and chill in Seoul". IAAF. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  10. van Hemert, Wim (2012-10-21). Chebet and Hailu break course records in Amsterdam - REPORT. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-28.
  11. "Chepkwony beats the breeze in Ljubljana". IAAF. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
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