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Bazu Worku (born 15 September 1990) is a long-distance runner from Ethiopia who competes in marathon races. Worku made his first appearances on the road running circuit in 2008: he was third in the 15 km race at the Istanbul Eurasia Marathon in October,〔Yelena Kurdyumova and Sergey Porada (2008-10-27). (Roba and Yulamanova take Istanbul titles in heavy rain and gusty wind ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-26.〕 and registered a personal best at the Delhi Half Marathon. He improved his half marathon best at the Paris Half Marathon in March 2009, winning the race in a time of 1:01:56.〔Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2009-03-08). (Prokopcuka and Worku win in Paris ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-26.〕 On 5 April 2009 at the Paris Marathon, Worku ran his debut marathon in 2:06:15 to finish as runner-up to Vincent Kipruto of Kenya.〔Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2009-04-05). (2:05:47 course record for Kipruto in Paris, five others under 2:07 ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-26.〕 This was the fastest time ever run for an 18-year-old over the distance.〔Butcher, Pat (2010-09-26). (Makau and Kebede triumph in rainy Berlin ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-26.〕 Worku ran at the Ottawa Marathon in May 2010 and placed third, twenty seconds adrift of winner Arata Fujiwara.〔(Men's course record falls in Ottawa ). IAAF (2010-05-31). Retrieved on 2010-09-26.〕 He improved his personal best time at the 2010 Berlin Marathon, running 2:05:25 to take third place.〔 He ran at the national 30 km championships but was beaten into second place by Azmeraw Bekele.〔Negash, Elshadai (2010-11-01). (Mohammed and Bekele take Ethiopian 30km titles ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-11-01.〕 He was selected for the World Championship Marathon in 2011 but failed to finish the race. He ran at three high profile marathons in 2012. He ran a season's best of 2:07:48 at the Dubai Marathon and also entered the 2012 London Marathon, but did not make the top ten in either race. He was runner-up at the Chinese Lanzhou Marathon then managed fifth at the Frankfurt Marathon.〔Butcher, Pat (2012-10-28). (Patience pays for Makau in Frankfurt, debut win for Melkamu ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-11.〕 He began 2013 with wins at the Houston Marathon and Grandma's Marathon in the United States.〔(Youth trumps weather in Houston as Ethiopians take clean sweep of titles ). IAAF (2013-01-13). Retrieved on 2013-02-18.〕 He was close to third victory at the Eindhoven Marathon, but was beaten to the top spot by Yemane Tsegay.〔Minshull, Phil (2013-10-13). (Tsegay ends Kenya's 14-year winning streak at Marathon Eindhoven ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-15.〕 == Personal bests == *All information taken from IAAF profile. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bazu Worku」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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