Gete Wami

Medal record
Women'sAthletics
Representing Ethiopia
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	10,000 m
	1996 Atlanta	10,000 m
	2000 Sydney	5000 m
World Championships
	1999 Seville	10,000 m
	2001 Edmonton	10,000 m

Getenesh "Gete" Wami Degife (Amharic: ጌጤነሽ 'ጌጤ' ዋሚ ደግፌ born January 28th 1974 inDebre Berhan)^[1] is an Ethiopian formerlong-distance runner who competed incross country,track, androad events.

Her brother,Mulugeta Wami, is also a professional marathon runner.^[2]

Gete won thegold medal at the1999 World Championships inSeville, with a time of 30:24.56, which was a newAfrican record andChampionships Record.^[3] She also won the10,000 m gold medal at the1999 All-Africa Games that year. She is a two-time winner of theIAAF World Cross Country Championships, having taken the long race title in 1996 and then the short race title in 2001.

Gete won the 2006Berlin Marathon, finishing in front ofSalina Kosgei andMonika Drybulska on September 24.^[4] She was expected to beat theworld record over 15 km during theZevenheuvelenloop in and aroundNijmegen on 19 November 2006, but failed. Gete finished in second position during the race, nine seconds behindMestewat Tufa, who finished in 47:22.

In 2007, Gete won the Berlin Marathon again. She competed in theNew York Marathon thirty-five days later and she finished 23 seconds behindPaula Radcliffe. Her second-place finish gave her theWorld Marathon Majors Series Title, earning herself the $500,000 jackpot.^[5]

In August 2008, Gete dropped out of the2008 Beijing Olympic Marathon, after running in the lead pack for much of the race, as did her teammateBerhane Adere.

The last outing of her career came at the2009 London Marathon, where she came in ninth with a time of 2:26:54.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ethiopia
1992	World Junior Championships	Seoul,South Korea	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	3rd	10,000 m	31:06.65
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	—	10,000 m	DNF
1999	World Championships	Sevilla,Spain	1st	10,000 m	30:24.56
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney,Australia	3rd	5000 m	14:42.23
			2nd	10,000 m	30:22.48
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	10,000 m	31:49.98
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	—	Marathon	DNF

• Gete Wami atWorld Athletics

• 1974 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Amhara Region
• Ethiopian women long-distance runners
• Ethiopian women marathon runners
• Olympic athletes for Ethiopia
• Olympic silver medalists for Ethiopia
• Olympic bronze medalists for Ethiopia
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia
• World Athletics Championships medalists
• World Athletics Cross Country Championships winners
• Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Olympic silver medalists in athletics
• Olympic bronze medalists in athletics
• African Games gold medalists for Ethiopia
• African Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
• African Games athletes for Ethiopia
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 All-Africa Games
• World Athletics Championships winners
• 20th-century Ethiopian sportswomen
• 21st-century Ethiopian sportswomen

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