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Ali Abdosh

Ethiopian long-distance runner

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ452949
Source-derived summary

Ali Abdosh Mohammed (Amharic: አሊ አብዶሽ; born 25 August 1987) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, cross-country running and road running.

He won the bronze medal at the 2008 African Championships, finished sixth at the 2009 World Championships and twelfth at the 2009 World Athletics Final.

Editorial summary

“Ali Abdosh” enters the record as ethiopian long-distance runner. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Abdosh, Ethiopian and long-distance can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1987, 2008, 2009—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1987-08-25. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Abdosh, Ethiopian and long-distance.
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“Ali Abdosh” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Abdosh, Ethiopian and long-distance provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q452949. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1987, 2008 and 2009.

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This entry incorporates text from Ali Abdosh” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.