Bazu Worku (born 15 September 1990) is a long-distance runner from Ethiopia who competes in marathon races.
Worku made his first appearances on the road running circuit in 2008: he was third in the 15 km race at the Istanbul Eurasia Marathon in October,Yelena Kurdyumova and Sergey Porada (2008-10-27). Roba and Yulamanova take Istanbul titles in heavy rain and gusty wind. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-26. and registered a personal best at the Delhi Half Marathon. He improved his half marathon best at the Paris Half Marathon in March 2009, winning the race in a time of 1:01:56.Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2009-03-08). Prokopcuka and Worku win in Paris. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-26.
On 5 April 2009 at the Paris Marathon, Worku ran his debut marathon in 2:06:15 to finish as runner-up to Vincent Kipruto of Kenya.Vazel, Pierre-Jean (2009-04-05). 2:05:47 course record for Kipruto in Paris, five others under 2:07. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-26. This was the fastest time ever run for an 18-year-old over the distance.Butcher, Pat (2010-09-26). Makau and Kebede triumph in rainy Berlin. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-26. Worku ran at the Ottawa Marathon in May 2010 and placed third, twenty seconds adrift of winner Arata Fujiwara.Men's course record falls in Ottawa. IAAF (2010-05-31). Retrieved on 2010-09-26. He improved his personal best time at the 2010 Berlin Marathon, running 2:05:25 to take third place. He ran at the national 30 km championships but was beaten into second place by Azmeraw Bekele.Negash, Elshadai (2010-11-01). Mohammed and Bekele take Ethiopian 30km titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-11-01. He was selected for the World Championship Marathon in 2011 but failed to finish the race.
He ran at three high-profile marathons in 2012. He ran a season's best of 2:07:48 at the Dubai Marathon and also entered the 2012 London Marathon, but did not make the top ten in either race. He was runner-up at the Chinese Lanzhou Marathon then managed fifth at the Frankfurt Marathon.Butcher, Pat (2012-10-28). Patience pays for Makau in Frankfurt, debut win for Melkamu. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-11. He began 2013 with wins at the Houston Marathon and Grandma's Marathon in the United States.Youth trumps weather in Houston as Ethiopians take clean sweep of titles. IAAF (2013-01-13). Retrieved on 2013-02-18. He was close to third victory at the Eindhoven Marathon, but was beaten to the top spot by Yemane Tsegay.Minshull, Phil (2013-10-13). Tsegay ends Kenya's 14-year winning streak at Marathon Eindhoven. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-15.
Worku won the 2018 Houston Marathon in 2:08:30, one minute ahead of second-place finisher (and training partner) Yitayal Atnafu, who was followed closely by Elisha Barno. Worku won $45,000 for the first-place finish.
Personal bests EventTime (h:m:s)VenueDate 10 km 28:21 New Delhi, India 9 Nov 2008 Half marathon 1:01:56 Paris, France 8 Mar 2009 Marathon 2:05:25 Berlin, Germany 26 Sep 2010 All information taken from IAAF profile.
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