Elvan Abeylegesse
Elvan Abeylegesse (also formerly: Hewan Abeye (አልቫን አበይለገሠ, Amharic) and Elvan Can (Turkish); born 11 September 1982) is an Ethiopian-born Turkish middle and long-distance running athlete who competes over distances from 1500 metres up to the marathon, and also in cross country. She is the former world record-holder for the 5000 metres, at 14:24.68 minutes.
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| Nationality | Ethiopian / Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 September 1982 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.59 m (5.2 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 40 kg (88 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 5000 metres, 10,000 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Enkaspor Athletics Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Carol Santa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 5000m: 14:24.68 10000m: 29:56.34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In August 2015, the Turkish Athletics Federation confirmed that an anti-doping test taken during the 2007 World Championships in Athletics had been retested and found to be positive for a controlled substance, and that the athlete had been temporarily suspended pending retesting of her 'B-sample'. On 29 March 2017, IAAF confirmed the positive test, expunged her results from 25 August 2007 until 25 August 2009 (thereby stripping her of the two silver medals she had won at the 2008 Olympic Games), and banned her from athletics for two years.