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Elvan Abeylegesse

1982 - Today

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Elvan Abeylegesse (also formerly: Hewan Abeye (አልቫን አበይለገሠ, Amharic) and Elvan Can (Turkish); born 11 September 1982) is an Ethiopian-born Turkish middle and long-distance running athlete who competes over distances from 1500 metres up to the marathon, and also in cross country. She is the former world record-holder for the 5000 metres, at 14:24.68 minutes. In August 2015, the Turkish Athletics Federation confirmed that an anti-doping test taken during the 2007 World Championships in Athletics had been retested and found to be positive for a controlled substance, and that the athlete had been temporarily suspended pending retesting of her 'B-sample'. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elvan Abeylegesse has received more than 111,276 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Elvan Abeylegesse is the 3,147th most popular athlete (down from 2,429th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Ethiopian Athlete.

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  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Elvan Abeylegesse ranks 3,147 out of 6,025. Before her are Tanya Dangalakova, Gete Wami, Joyce Chepchumba, Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez, Yasmani Copello, and Nataliya Dobrynska. After her are Robert Změlík, Linda Watson, Kamila Skolimowska, Daniele Scarpa, Pavol Hurajt, and Redžep Redžepovski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Elvan Abeylegesse ranks 575. Before her are Arthur Darvill, Nataliya Dobrynska, Gilberto, Malene Mortensen, Joachim Johansson, and José Moreira. After her are Yolka, Simas Jasaitis, Kamila Skolimowska, Jay Bothroyd, Gabriel Rufián, and Kevin Nolan.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Elvan Abeylegesse ranks 63 out of 105. Before her are Bogaletch Gebre (1960), Berhane Adere (1973), Addis Abebe (1970), Eshetu Tura (1950), Fatuma Roba (1973), and Gete Wami (1974). After her are Sofia Assefa (1987), Fita Bayisa (1972), Maryam Yusuf Jamal (1984), Almaz Ayana (1991), Genzebe Dibaba (1991), and Gezahegne Abera (1978).

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Among ATHLETES In Ethiopia

Among athletes born in Ethiopia, Elvan Abeylegesse ranks 14. Before her are Sifan Hassan (1993), Berhane Adere (1973), Addis Abebe (1970), Eshetu Tura (1950), Fatuma Roba (1973), and Gete Wami (1974). After her are Sofia Assefa (1987), Fita Bayisa (1972), Maryam Yusuf Jamal (1984), Almaz Ayana (1991), Genzebe Dibaba (1991), and Gezahegne Abera (1978).

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