Firehiwot Dado

Firehiwot Dado at the 2011 New York Marathon

Firehiwot Dado (born January 9, 1984 ) is an Ethiopian marathon runner .

In 2008 she won the Course Féminine de Casablanca and came second in the Košice Marathon . The following year she won the Rome marathon in 2:27:08 h, was fourth in the Frankfurt marathon in 2:29:20 and won the Boulogne-Billancourt half marathon .

In 2010 she finished fifth in the Mumbai Marathon , defended her title in Rome and won the 25km River Bank Run and the Florence Marathon .

In 2011, after another victory in Rome, she triumphed at the New York City Marathon .

In 2012 she set a course record in the New York City Half Marathon .

Personal bests

• Half Marathon : 1:08:35, March 18, 2012, New York City
• 25K road run : 1:23:46 h, May 8, 2010, Grand Rapids
• Marathon: 2:23:15 am, November 6, 2011, New York City

Web links

Commons : Firehiwot Dado  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Firehiwot Dado in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait on marathoninfo.free.fr

Footnotes

1. ^ IAAF: 26,000 take part in Casablanca's Women's Run ( Memento from June 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). May 18, 2008
2. ^ IAAF: Ethiopian double as Rome celebrates Bikila - Rome Marathon report ( Memento of March 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). March 21, 2010
3. ^ IAAF: Beating the rain and cold, Dado and debutante Tadese triumph in Florence ( Memento of December 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). November 29, 2010
4. ^ IAAF: Dado takes third straight Rome title as Chumba surprises ( Memento of March 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). March 20, 2011
5. ^ IAAF: G. Mutai smashes course record, Dado the surprise women's winner in New York ( Memento of November 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). November 6, 2011
6. ^ IAAF: Kirui and Dado triumph in New York Half Marathon ( Memento from March 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). March 18, 2012