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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 99,898 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Elvan Abeylegesse is the 2,430th most popular athlete (down from 1,597th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 48th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Ethiopian Athlete.

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  • 23

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  • 3.09

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Elvan Abeylegesse ranks 2,430 out of 3,059. Before her are Richard Meade, Simone Hauswald, Robert Změlík, Emma Snowsill, Ismail Ahmed Ismail, and Angelo Scuri. After her are Claudia Heill, Cho Youn-jeong, Larisa Peleshenko, Daniel Mesotitsch, Lee Dae-hoon, and Kathrin Boron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Elvan Abeylegesse ranks 570. Before her are Chris Vermeulen, Kim Andersson, Malene Mortensen, Walter Martínez, Patrick Fugit, and Brad Jones. After her are Claudia Heill, Bassim Abbas, Wendel Geraldo, Tatyana Arntgolts, Justin Knapp, and Carlo Costly.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Elvan Abeylegesse ranks 53 out of 89. Before her are Addis Abebe (1970), Eshetu Tura (1950), Genzebe Dibaba (1991), Fatuma Roba (1973), Gezahegne Abera (1978), and Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (1980). After her are Meseret Defar (1983), Almaz Ayana (1991), Fita Bayisa (1972), Maryam Yusuf Jamal (1984), Tariku Bekele (1987), and Tsegaye Kebede (1987).

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Among ATHLETES In Ethiopia

Among athletes born in Ethiopia, Elvan Abeylegesse ranks 14. Before her are Derartu Tulu (1972), Addis Abebe (1970), Eshetu Tura (1950), Genzebe Dibaba (1991), Fatuma Roba (1973), and Gezahegne Abera (1978). After her are Meseret Defar (1983), Almaz Ayana (1991), Fita Bayisa (1972), Maryam Yusuf Jamal (1984), Tariku Bekele (1987), and Tsegaye Kebede (1987).

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