Mule Wasihun

Mule Wasihun Lakew (born 20 October 1993) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in road running events up to the marathon distance. He was a team silver medallist at the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. He holds a marathon best of 2:03:16 hours. Wasihun is currently part of the NN Running Team, an international team of elite long-distance runners managed by Global Sports Communication in Nijmegen, Netherlands.

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by their given name, Mule, and not as Wasihun.
Mule Wasihun
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Ethiopia
IAAF World Half Marathon Championships
2016 CardiffTeam

Career

Wasihun first began competing abroad in 2013. He entered a series of races in France and set a best of 1:00:35 minutes for third at the Nice Half Marathon and won the Paris-Versailles and Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale races. He took victory at the Paris Half Marathon the following year and defended his Paris-Versailles title, though he was beaten into second in Marseille by Titus Mbishei. He made his marathon debut at the 2015 Dubai Marathon, though was some way off the winners with 2:10:57 hours in eleventh. He was runner-up at that year's Zevenheuvelenloop[1]

After a win at the Ethiopian Athletics Championships,[2] Mule made his international debut at the 2015 African Games, running the 10,000 metres. He finished in seventh, almost a minute behind winner Tsebelu Zewude (also of Ethiopia).[3] A big improvement came at the 2016 Dubai Marathon – he rounded off an Ethiopian sweep of the top six places with a time of 2:05:44 hours (moving him into the top ten fastest for the year).[4][5]

After a runner-up finish at the Ethiopian Half Marathon Championships he was selected for the 2016 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. He won his first international medal there, taking eighth place and helping Ethiopia to the men's team silver medal alongside Abayneh Ayele and Tamirat Tola.[6] He suffered an unfortunate race at the World 10K Bangalore: he was directed the wrong way while in the lead and upon tracking back was chased by a stray dog on the course. He ended the race in ninth.[7]

International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2015 African Games Brazzaville, Congo 7th 10,000 m 28:23.87
2016 World Half Marathon Championships Cardiff, United Kingdom 8th Half marathon 1:01:11
2nd Team 3:01:16
2019 London Marathon London, United Kingdom 3rd marathon 2:03:16

National titles

References
  1. Mule Wasihun. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.
  2. Negash, Elshadai (2015-06-14). Melese and Wasihun triumph at Ethiopian Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.
  3. "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  4. Mulkeen, Jon (2016-01-22). Ethiopia's Abera and Tsegaye triumph at Dubai Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.
  5. senior outdoor 2016 Marathon men. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-31.
  6. Mills, Steven (2016-03-26). Report: men's race – IAAF/Cardiff University World Half Marathon Championships Cardiff 2016. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-03-29.
  7. Stray dog spoils 10K runner's day. Deccan Herald (2016-05-16). Retrieved on 2016-07-31.
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