Amedework Walelegn

{{short description|Ethiopian long-distance runner}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|3|11}}

| birth_place = Ethiopia

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| country = {{ETH}}

| sport = Track and field

| event = Half marathon

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• 10,000 meters: 28:00.14
• Half marathon: 58:53

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}}Amedework Walelegn (born March 11, 1999) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. In 2016, he finished 4th in the 10,000m at the IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/results/iaaf-world-u20-championships/2016/iaaf-world-u20-championships-bydgoszcz-2016-5680/men/10000-metres/final/result#resultheader|title=10,000 Metres Result {{!}} IAAF World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz 2016 {{!}} iaaf.org|website=www.iaaf.org|access-date=2019-03-20}}

Walelegn finished 2nd and won the silver medal at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in the Junior Men's race.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ethiopia/amdework-walelegn-312683|title=Amedework WALELEGN {{!}} Profile {{!}} iaaf.org|website=www.iaaf.org|access-date=2019-03-20}} He won the Istanbul Half Marathon in 2018, breaking the Istanbul Half record.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/walelegn-clocks-5950-turkish-all-comers-recor|title=Walelegn clocks 59:50 Turkish all-comers' record at Istanbul Half Marathon{{!}} News {{!}} iaaf.org|website=www.iaaf.org|access-date=2019-03-20}} In the same year, Walelegn finished 2nd in the New Delhi Half Marathon while also setting a new personal best at 59:22. At the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships, Walelegn finished 3rd and set a PB with a time of 59:08.{{Cite web|title=Ugandan teenager Kiplimo wins World Half Marathon title with Cheptegei fourth|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/uganda-jacob-kiplimo-wins-world-half-marathon-title-gdynia/|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Olympic Channel}}

At the 2020 New Delhi Half Marathon, Walelegn won with a time of 58:53, breaking his own personal best and the course's record.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-29|title=Event and national records set at Delhi Half-Marathon|url=https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/event-and-national-records-set-at-delhi-half-marathon/|access-date=2020-12-07|website=Canadian Running Magazine|language=en-US}} It was also the 23rd fastest half marathon ever recorded at the time.