Endeshaw Negesse Shumi (born 13 March 1988) is an Ethiopian

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who competes in the

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. He won the

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in 2015 and the Florence Marathon in 2012. His personal best is 2:04:52 hours. He tested positive for doping (

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) in early 2016.

Career

Endeshaw had his first international win at the

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in 2011. A

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debut followed in February 2012 and he made the top ten of the race in Barcelona.Endeshaw Negesse
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2015-08-03. He made his debut over the

distance the following month and placed sixth at the

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with a time of 2:12:14 hours. He was victorious in his second outing, taking the Florence Marathon title with a new best of 2:09:59 hours. He quickly established himself among the world's fastest runners for the distance with a performance of 2:04:52 hours at the

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. Such was the calibre of the race, he only finished fourth overall, setting a record for the best performance for that finishing position. This moved him into the top twenty all-time for the marathon. In the 2014 season, he struggled to recapture that form. He failed to finish at the

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, was a distant runner-up to

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at the

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in a time of 2:08:32, and was yet slower at the

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, coming fourth. He took a high profile win at the

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, beating the reigning Olympic and world champion

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among others, and recorded the second-fastest time of his career at 2:06:00 hours. He was selected for the Ethiopian squad for the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

as a result.Negash, Elshadai (2015-07-20)
UPDATED: Dibaba, Aman and Kejelcha among Ethiopia's medal hopes for Beijing
IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-08-03.

Personal bests

*15K run – 46:32 min (2011) *

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– 63:32 min (2012) *

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– 2:04:52 hours (2013)

Road race wins

* Breda Singelloop: 2011 * Florence Marathon: 2012 *

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Negesse, Endeshaw 1988 births Living people Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male marathon runners Ethiopian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in athletics Tokyo Marathon male winners 20th-century Ethiopian people 21st-century Ethiopian people