Elvan Abeylegesse

Elvan Abeylegesse

Elvan Abeylegesse
Personal information
Nationality	Ethiopian / Turkish
Born	(1982-09-11) 11 September 1982 (age 41) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Height	1.59 m (5.2 ft)[1]
Weight	40 kg (88 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	5000 metres, 10,000 metres
Club	Enkaspor Athletics Team
Coached by	Carol Santa
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	5000m: 14:24.68 10000m: 29:56.34
Medal record Representing  Turkey Women's athletics Olympic Games Disqualified 2008 Beijing 5000 m Disqualified 2008 Beijing 10,000 m World Championships Disqualified 2007 Osaka 10,000 m European Championships 2010 Barcelona 10,000 m 2010 Barcelona 5000 m 2006 Gothenburg 5000 m Mediterranean Games Disqualified 2009 Pescara 10,000 m 2013 Mersin 10,000 m

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.

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'.^[2] 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.^[3]