Gedo Sule Utura (born 8 February 1990 in Bore,

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) is an Ethiopian middle distance and long distance runner. She won the

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at the

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and was third place in the

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at the World Youth Championships in the previous year. She began competing at

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events: she ran the second leg for the victorious Ethiopian team at the 2008

International Chiba Ekiden The International Chiba Ekiden was an annual team road running competition held in Chiba, Japan in late November. The marathon relay race, or ekiden as it is known in Japan, is one of the prominent annual races of its kind. The competition is s ...

and won the

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in 2009. She was the bronze medallist over 5000 m at the

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. She took the 10K title at the

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in November 2010 in a time of 33:35 minutes and was second at that year's BOclassic behind

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. She ran at the Trofeo Alasport cross country race in March 2011 and was narrowly beaten by Sylvia Kibet at the line. In the absence of major national rivals, she easily won the 5000 m at the

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, although the time was slow. At the

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she secured a 5000/10,000 m double. At the start of the 2012 season she was runner-up at the Trofeo Alasport.

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Meet Sule Utura – Ethiopian Running Blog
''Roocha.net''. 8 July 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Utura, Sule 1990 births Living people Ethiopian female long-distance runners Athletes from Oromia 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 2011 All-Africa Games 21st-century Ethiopian sportswomen