Alemu Bekele [SEP] date of birth
Alemu Bekele
Alemu Bekele Gebre (born 23 March 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes internationally for Bahrain. He specialises in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres.
He transferred to Bahrain as a junior (under-19) athlete and won the 5000 m bronze medal at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships. He took the 3000 metres bronze at the 2012 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships before raising to the top of the region by winning the 10,000 m title and 5000 m silver at the 2013 Asian Athletics
Alemu
Alemu (Amharic: ዓለሙ) is a male name of Ethiopian (Habesha) origin. Notable people with the name include:
- Alemu Abebe, Ethiopian politician during Derg rule
- Alemu Aga (born 1950), Ethiopian musician and singer
- Alemu Bekele (born 1990), Ethiopian long-distance runner for Bahrain
- Agwa Alemu (died 1992), Ethiopian Marxist Waz League politician
- Berhanu Alemu (born 1982), Ethiopian middle-distance runner
- Dagne Alemu (born 1980