Elvan ABEYLEGESSE

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Date: 28 August 2004

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- DATE OF BIRTH
  Saturday, 11 September 1982
- PLACE OF BIRTH
  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

INTERNATIONAL
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- Event(s)
  1500m, 5000m, 10000m
- Championship Performances
  Olympics: 2004 8th. 5,000m, 2008 disqualified from 5,000m & 10,000m (in 2017 !)
  Worlds: 2003 5th 5,000m. 2007 disqualification in 2017.
  European: 2006 bronze 5000m, 2010 Gold 5,000m & 10,000m.

Elvan ABEYLEGESSE - Turkey - 1500m finalist at 2004 Olympics (result)

Elvan is pictured above (no 3142) during the final of the 1500m at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. She finished in eighth place with the medals going to Kelly Holmes (1809), Tatyana Tomashova (2949) and Maria Cioncan (yellow vest behind Tomashova).
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Women's 5000m Final. 2003 World Athletics Champs
1. Tirunesh DIBABA	ETH	14: 51.72
2. Marta DOMÍNGUEZ	ESP	14: 52.26
3. Edith MASAI	KEN	14: 52.30
4. Yelena ZADOROZHNAYA	RUS	14: 52.36
5. Elvan ABEYLEGESSE	TUR	14: 53.56
6. Isabella OCHICHI	KEN	14: 54.08
7. Gulnara SAMITOVA	RUS	14: 54.38
8. Courtney BABCOCK	CAN	14: 54.98

Womens 1500m. Final. Olympic Games 2004
1. Kelly Holmes	GBR	3: 57.90
2. Tatyana Tomashova	RUS	3: 58.12
3. Maria Cioncan	ROM	3: 58.39
4. Natalya Yevdokimova	RUS	3: 59.05
5. Daniela Yordanova	BGR	3: 59.10
6. Lidia Chojecka	POL	3: 59.27
7. Anna Jakubczak	POL	4: 00.15
8. Elvan Abeylegesse	TUR	4: 00.67

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Elvan ABEYLEGESSE - Turkey - Two Gold medals at 2010 European Championships

01 August 2010
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Elvan ABEYLEGESSE - Turkey - Silver medals at 2008 Olympic Game in 10,000m & 5,000m.

22 August 2008
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Elvan ABEYLEGESSE - Turkey - 2007 World Championships 10,000m disqualification.

25 August 2007
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Elvan ABEYLEGESSE - Turkey - 2006 European Championships 5000m bronze (result)

12 August 2006
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28 August 2004
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