Netsanet Gudeta

Netsanet Gudeta Kebede (born 12 February 1991) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in road running and cross country running events.

Netsanet Kebede during the 2018 IAAF World Championships in Valencia

Quotes

• The race went according to plan, I was only thinking about the gold medal.
  • Jessica Whittington, Impressive wins by Netsanet Gudeta and Geoffrey Kamworor in Valencia, Athletics Weekly, March 24, 2018.
• Of course, I set the women-only world record for the half marathon (1:06:11) in Valencia and that was a race without pacemakers. I have also run times for 10,000m on the track (personal best 30:36.75, 2016) and 10km on the road (31:35, 2017) that are better than the course record but the most important thing for me is to win.
  • Yomog Meje , Kamworor and Gudeta head TCS World 10K Bengaluru elite field, Athletics Africa, May 8, 2018.
• Since Valencia, I have just been training and focusing on Bengaluru. Even though the race has been put back two weeks, that hasn’t affected me. In fact, it’s allowed me to prepare slightly better.
  • Yomog Meje , Kamworor and Gudeta head TCS World 10K Bengaluru elite field, Athletics Africa, May 8, 2018.
• I had to keep on checking who is behind me, how I am doing...that’s all I was doing, and I decided to be ahead of the boys, so I was always checking behind me.
  • Gord Holder , Ethiopian runners take Ottawa 10K road race titles, Ottawa Citizan, May 27, 2017.