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{{short description|Ethiopian middle-distance runner}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2020}}
'''Abebech Negussie''' (born 2 January 1983 in [[Arsi Zone|Arsi]]) is a retired [[Ethiopia]]n [[Middle distance track event|middle distance]] [[Running|runner]], who specialized in [[1500 metres]]. She represented Ethiopia in that event at the [[2000 Sydney Olympics]] and the [[2001 World Championships in Athletics]].

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{ETH}}
|-
|2000
|[[2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]] 
|[[Santiago]], Chile
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|1500 m
|[[2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres|4:19.93]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2001
|rowspan=2|[[2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]] 
|rowspan=2|[[Ostend]], Belgium
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd
|Junior race (5.9&nbsp;km)
|[[2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Junior women's race|22:05]]
|-
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Junior team competition
|16 pts
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|rowspan=2|[[2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]] 
|rowspan=2|[[Dublin]], Ireland
| 6th
|Short race (4.208&nbsp;km)
|[[2002 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Women's short race|13:53]]
|-
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st
|Team competition
|32 pts
|}

==Personal bests==
*800 metres - 2:04.13 min (2000)
*1500 metres - 4:06.01 min (2001)

==External links==
*{{World Athletics}}

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[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Ethiopian female long-distance runners]]
[[Category:Ethiopian female middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Ethiopia]]
[[Category:Athletes from Oromia]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Ethiopia]]
[[Category:20th-century Ethiopian women]]
[[Category:21st-century Ethiopian sportswomen]]
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