Elvan Abeylegesse, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Elvan Abeylegesse

Ethiopian-born long-distance runner for Turkey

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1982

Place of Birth: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Profession: long-distance runner, athletics competitor, marathon runner

Nationality: Turkey, Ethiopia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Elvan Abeylegesse, (also formerly: Hewan Abeye (???? ??????, Amharic) and Elvan Can (Turkish); born September 11, 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'.
If confirmed, Abeylegesse stood to lose her 2007 medal, and possibly other awards from that date.
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.