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Ayele Abshero of Ethiopia has won the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon – his first ever marathon – with an unofficial course record time.

Abshero, the former World junior Cross Country champion (), also established himself as a leading contender for Ethiopia's Olympic trio, if.

Ayele Abshero finished third in London last year, making amends for a DNF in the London Olympics.

Abshero, just past 21, ran the fastest winning debut in history, taking the Dubai title in an event record time of , which also makes him.

Abshero, the former World junior Cross Country champion (), also established himself as a leading contender for Ethiopia's Olympic trio, if.!

Ayele Abshero

Ethiopian long-distance runner

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic.

The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Ayele, and not as Abshero.


Nationality	Ethiopian
Born	(1990-12-28) 28 December 1990 (age 34) Yeboba, Ethiopia
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)^[1]
Weight	135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb)^[1]
Sport	Running
Event	Long distance
Updated on 14 May 2012

Ayele Abshero Biza (Amharic: አየለ አብሽሮ ቢዛ, born 28 December 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who mainly competes in cross country and road races.

He came to prominence with a junior silver medal at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships before taking the junior title in 2009. He won the 2008 Zevenheuvelenloop and 2011 Egmond Half Marathon races. He made the fastest-ever marathon debut in history at the 2012 Dubai Marathon, winning in a time of 2:04:23 hours, which wa