Bazu Worku

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Bazu Worku
Bazu Worku in 2015 Lake Biwa Marathon.jpg
Bazu Worku (#1) at the 2015 Lake Biwa Marathon
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Born (1990-09-15) 15 September 1990 (age 33)
Mekelle, Ethiopia
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Bazu Worku (born 15 September 1990) is a long-distance runner from Ethiopia who competes in marathon races.

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Worku made his first appearances on the road running circuit in 2008: he was third in the 15 km race at the Istanbul Eurasia Marathon in October, [1] and registered a personal best at the Delhi Half Marathon. He improved his half marathon best at the Paris Half Marathon in March 2009, winning the race in a time of 1:01:56. [2]

On 5 April 2009 at the Paris Marathon, Worku ran his debut marathon in 2:06:15 to finish as runner-up to Vincent Kipruto of Kenya. [3] This was the fastest time ever run for an 18-year-old over the distance. [4] Worku ran at the Ottawa Marathon in May 2010 and placed third, twenty seconds adrift of winner Arata Fujiwara. [5] He improved his personal best time at the 2010 Berlin Marathon, running 2:05:25 to take third place. [4] He ran at the national 30 km championships but was beaten into second place by Azmeraw Bekele. [6] He was selected for the World Championship Marathon in 2011 but failed to finish the race.

He ran at three high-profile marathons in 2012. He ran a season's best of 2:07:48 at the Dubai Marathon and also entered the 2012 London Marathon, but did not make the top ten in either race. He was runner-up at the Chinese Lanzhou Marathon then managed fifth at the Frankfurt Marathon. [7] He began 2013 with wins at the Houston Marathon and Grandma's Marathon in the United States. [8] He was close to third victory at the Eindhoven Marathon, but was beaten to the top spot by Yemane Tsegay. [9]

Worku won the 2018 Houston Marathon in 2:08:30, one minute ahead of second-place finisher (and training partner) Yitayal Atnafu, who was followed closely by Elisha Barno. [10] Worku won $45,000 for the first-place finish. [11]

Personal bests

EventTime (h:m:s)VenueDate
10 km28:21 New Delhi, India9 Nov 2008
Half marathon 1:01:56 Paris, France8 Mar 2009
Marathon 2:05:25 Berlin, Germany26 Sep 2010

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References

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  2. ↑ Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2009-03-08). Prokopcuka and Worku win in Paris. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-26.
  3. ↑ Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2009-04-05). 2:05:47 course record for Kipruto in Paris, five others under 2:07. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-26.
  4. 1 2 Butcher, Pat (2010-09-26). Makau and Kebede triumph in rainy Berlin. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-26.
  5. ↑ Men's course record falls in Ottawa. IAAF (2010-05-31). Retrieved on 2010-09-26.
  6. ↑ Negash, Elshadai (2010-11-01). Mohammed and Bekele take Ethiopian 30km titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-11-01.
  7. ↑ Butcher, Pat (2012-10-28). Patience pays for Makau in Frankfurt, debut win for Melkamu. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-11.
  8. ↑ Youth trumps weather in Houston as Ethiopians take clean sweep of titles. IAAF (2013-01-13). Retrieved on 2013-02-18.
  9. ↑ Minshull, Phil (2013-10-13). Tsegay ends Kenya's 14-year winning streak at Marathon Eindhoven. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-15.
  10. ↑ "Rewriting Record Books: 2018 Chevron Houston Marathon and Aramco Houston Half Marathon". www.chevronhoustonmarathon.com. Houston, Texas. 14 January 2018. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020.
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