1. Tariku Bekele Beyecha is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5,000 metres and has moved up to 10.000 metres as well.
11 Facts About Tariku Bekele
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Tariku Bekele is the younger brother of Kenenisa Bekele, who is an accomplished long-distance runner and a former world record holder in both the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres.
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Tariku Bekele was the 2006 World Junior Champion over the distance and won a cross country junior bronze medal that year.
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Tariku Bekele took a continental silver medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games.
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Tariku Bekele beat Paul Tergat in the 2004 Oeiras International Cross Country meeting.
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Tariku Bekele took to the roads at the end of the track season, competing at the 10-mile Dam tot Damloop race, but he could only manage sixth place with a time of 46:44.
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Tariku Bekele then ran at the Memorial Peppe Greco and finished as runner-up, beaten to the line by a second by defending champion Edwin Soi.
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Tariku Bekele was selected as a back-up runner for the Ethiopian team at the 2011 World Championships, but did not compete.
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Tariku Bekele ended the year with a win at the Saint Silvester Road Race, becoming only the second Ethiopian to win the race after Tesfaye Jifar.
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Tariku Bekele won the Giro di Castelbuono 10K, placed third at the Great South Run and recorded a time of 62:59 minutes in his half marathon debut in Lisbon.
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Tariku Bekele again closed the year with a New Year race win, this time with a personal best run of 28:29 minutes at the San Silvestre Vallecana 10K.