Name	Berhane Adere
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Naionality	Shewa
Date of Birth	July 21, 1973
Place of Birth	Shewa
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Berhane Adere (Ge'ez: born July 21, 1973 in Shewa) is an athlete from Ethiopia. She held the African record for 10,000 m in a time of 30:04.18 set at the 2003 World Championships, where she won Gold. The African record was broken at the 2008 Olympics by Tirunesh Dibaba, who became the first African to run under 30 minutes. She won the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2002, and the bronze medal in the 2001 World Half Marathon Championships. She won the 2003 World Indoors 3000 m. She won the 2006 Chicago Marathon with a personal best time of 2:20:42. She works for UNICEF as a goodwill ambassador for girls' education. She won the Chicago Marathon again in 2007 and the Dubai Marathon on 18 January 2008.Adere also won the 2007 Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon.