Bertukan Welde

Ethiopian long-distance runner (born 2004)

3000m: 8:59.10 (Doha, 2022)
5000m: 15:42.5h (Hawassa, 2023)
Half marathon: 1:07.44 (Herzogenaurach, 2023)

Medal record

Women's athletics

Representing Ethiopia
	2024 Belgrade	Senior team

Bertukan Welde Sura (born 10 May 2004) is an Ethiopian track and field athlete who competes as a long-distance runner.^[1]

Career

In May 2022, Welde set a personal best time of 8:59.10 for 3000 metres, recorded at the Diamond League meeting in Doha.^[2] Welde finished fourth in the 3000 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, in a time of 9:18.20.^[3]

In April 2023, aged 18 years-old, she won the women’s half marathon, making her debut at the distance, in Herzogenaurach in a time of 1:07.44.^[4]^[5] In May 2023, she finished third at the Okpekpe Road Race in Nigeria.^[6]

In February 2024, she won the Riyadh Half Marathon in a time of 1:10.24.^[7]

References

^ "Bertukan Welde". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
^ "Three things to follow on day one in Cali: on your marks…". World Athletics. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
^ Omogbeja, Yomi (2 August 2022). "CALI22: Chelangat Claims First Gold For Kenya In Women's 3000m". Athletics.Africa. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
^ Smythe, Steve (2 May 2023). "Fast sprints in USA and Botswana and quick road times in Europe". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
^ "Sawe storms a 26:49 10km, Eisa sets world U20 5km best in Herzogenaurach". World Athletics. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
^ "Kenya's Ebenyo Denies Haji Back-to-back Feat at 2023 Okpekpe Race". Thisdaylive. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
^ "Riyadh Half Marathon". World Athletics. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.