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Place of Birth: Ethiopia
About Bazu Worku
- Bazu Worku (born 15 September 1990) is a long-distance runner from Ethiopia who competes in marathon races. Worku made his first appearances on the road running circuit in 2008: he was third in the 15 km race at the Istanbul Eurasia Marathon in October, and registered a personal best at the Delhi Half Marathon.
- He improved his half marathon best at the Paris Half Marathon in March 2009, winning the race in a time of 1:01:56.On 5 April 2009 at the Paris Marathon, Worku ran his debut marathon in 2:06:15 to finish as runner-up to Vincent Kipruto of Kenya.
- This was the fastest time ever run for an 18-year-old over the distance.
- Worku ran at the Ottawa Marathon in May 2010 and placed third, twenty seconds adrift of winner Arata Fujiwara.
- He improved his personal best time at the 2010 Berlin Marathon, running 2:05:25 to take third place.
- He ran at the national 30 km championships but was beaten into second place by Azmeraw Bekele.
- He was selected for the World Championship Marathon in 2011 but failed to finish the race. He ran at three high-profile marathons in 2012.
- He ran a season's best of 2:07:48 at the Dubai Marathon and also entered the 2012 London Marathon, but did not make the top ten in either race.
- He was runner-up at the Chinese Lanzhou Marathon then managed fifth at the Frankfurt Marathon.
- He began 2013 with wins at the Houston Marathon and Grandma's Marathon in the United States.
- He was close to third victory at the Eindhoven Marathon, but was beaten to the top spot by Yemane Tsegay.
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