Gete Wami

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Getenesh "Gete" Wami Degife (Amharic: ጌጤነሽ 'ጌጤ' ዋሚ ደግፌ born January 28th 1974 in Debre Berhan)[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/gete-wami-1.html Gete Wami] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211655/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/gete-wami-1.html |date=October 29, 2013 }}. Sports Reference. Retrieved 28 October 2013. is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner who competed in cross country, track, and road events.

Her brother, Mulugeta Wami, is also a professional marathon runner.[http://losseveter.nl/2008/01/13/wami-en-deriba-winnaars-in-egmond-butter-en-borst-leveren-knappe-prestatie/ Wami en Deriba winnaars in Egmond, Butter en Borst leveren knappe prestatie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917174525/https://losseveter.nl/2008/01/13/wami-en-deriba-winnaars-in-egmond-butter-en-borst-leveren-knappe-prestatie/ |date=2018-09-17 }} {{in lang|nl}}. Losse Veter (13 January 2008). Retrieved 28 October 2013.

Biography

Gete won the gold medal at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, with a time of 30:24.56, which was a new African record and Championships Record.{{cite news|publisher=IAAF|date=20 September 1999|access-date=26 April 2016|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/gete-wami-shines-again-in-the-10000m|title=Gete Wami shines again in the 10,000m}} She also won the 10,000 m gold medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games that year. She is a two-time winner of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, having taken the long race title in 1996 and then the short race title in 2001.

Gete won the 2006 Berlin Marathon, finishing in front of Salina Kosgei and Monika Drybulska on September 24.[http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=36381.html World-leading 2:05:56 for Gebrselassie in Berlin], iaaf.org, 24 September 2006 She was expected to beat the world record over 15 km during the Zevenheuvelenloop in and around Nijmegen on 19 November 2006, but failed. Gete finished in second position during the race, nine seconds behind Mestewat Tufa, who finished in 47:22.

In 2007, Gete won the Berlin Marathon again. She competed in the New York Marathon thirty-five days later and she finished 23 seconds behind Paula Radcliffe. Her second-place finish gave her the World Marathon Majors Series Title, earning herself the $500,000 jackpot.[http://www.runnersweb.com/running/rw_news_frameset.html?http://www.runnersweb.com/running/news/rw_news_20071106_LB_New_York.html Radcliffe, Wami Steal Show in New York], Runners Web, 6 November 2007.

In August 2008, Gete dropped out of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Marathon, after running in the lead pack for much of the race, as did her teammate Berhane Adere.

The last outing of her career came at the 2009 London Marathon, where she came in ninth with a time of 2:26:54.

International competitions

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1992 \|World Junior Championships \|Seoul, South Korea \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|10,000 m \|32:41.57
1995 \|World Championships \|Gothenburg, Sweden \|18th \|10,000 m \|32:56.94
1996 \|Olympic Games \|Atlanta, United States \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|10,000 m \|31:06.65
1997 \|World Championships \|Athens, Greece \|— \|10,000 m \|DNF
1999 \|World Championships \|Sevilla, Spain \|bgcolor="gold"\|1st \|10,000 m \|30:24.56
rowspan=2\|2000 \|rowspan=2\|Olympic Games \|rowspan=2\|Sydney, Australia \|bgcolor="cc9966"\|3rd \|5000 m \|14:42.23
bgcolor="silver"\|2nd \|10,000 m \|30:22.48
2001 \|World Championships \|Edmonton, Canada \|bgcolor="cc9966"\|3rd \|10,000 m \|31:49.98
2008 \|Olympic Games \|Beijing, China \|— \|Marathon \|DNF

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1992

|World Junior Championships

|Seoul, South Korea

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|10,000 m

|32:41.57

1995

|World Championships

|Gothenburg, Sweden

|18th

|10,000 m