Elvan Abeylegesse
Elvan Abeylegesse was born on September 11, 1982. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Elvan Abeylegesse
Elvan Abeylegesse (née Hewan Abeye (አልቫን አበይለገሠ, Amharic), also formerly Elvan Can (Turkish); born 11 September 1982) is an Ethiopian former middle and long-distance running athlete who represented Turkey. She competed over distances from 1500 metres up to the marathon, and also in cross country. She is a former world record-holder for the 5000 metres, at 14:24.68. In August 2015, the Turkish Athletics Federation confirmed Abeylegesse had failed that an anti-doping test taken during the 2007 World Championships. She was stripped of her results from 2007 to 2009, including two Olympic medals and one World Championship medal, and banned from athletics for two years.