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Ayele Abshero
Ethiopian long-distance runner
This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Ayele, and not as Abshero.
| Nationality | Ethiopian |
|---|---|
| Born | (1990-12-28) 28 December 1990 (age 34) Yeboba, Ethiopia |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[1] |
| Weight | 135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb)[1] |
| Sport | Running |
| Event | Long distance |
| Updated on 14 May 2012 | |
Ayele Abshero Biza (Amharic: አየለ አብሽሮ ቢዛ, born 28 December 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who mainly competes in cross country and road races.
He came to prominence with a junior silver medal at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships before taking the junior title in 2009. He won the 2008 Zevenheuvelenloop and 2011 Egmond Half Marathon races. He made the fastest-ever marathon debut in history at the 2012 Dubai Marathon, winning in a time of 2:04:23 hours, which wa